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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Fumiaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hisanori Yanagida, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes: an accelerator pedal operation detecting unit, a state quantity acquiring devices, and a driving force limiting unit that limits a driving force based on an accelerator pedal operation and a vehicle state quantity. The driving force limiting unit executes acceleration suppression control for setting an upper limit value of the driving force to a first limit value when a sudden accelerator pedal operation is detected, executes limited acceleration suppression control for setting the upper limit to a second limit value larger than the first limit value when the accelerator pedal is continuously depressed or depressed again within a predetermined time after the accelerator pedal is returned during execution of the acceleration suppression control, and switches the upper limit value according to the abnormality-occurring state quantity acquiring device when the abnormality has occurred in the state quantity acquiring devices during execution of these controls.