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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shunro Fukada, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control device for a vehicle is provided with a region setting unit and a switching execution unit. The region setting unit is configured to set a drive region including a two-wheel drive region in which two-wheel drive is executed and a four-wheel drive region in which four-wheel drive is executed according to a driving state parameter. The switching execution unit is configured to switch between the two-wheel drive and the four-wheel drive according to a switching condition set in advance while the vehicle is traveling in the two-wheel drive region. The region setting unit is configured to expand the two-wheel drive region during autonomous driving compared to manual driving.