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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Ota, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A target gear stage of the automatic transmission of the own vehicle (following vehicle) is determined based on the target acceleration (=required drive torque) and the target vehicle speed of the leading vehicle by the convoy participation time speed change control unit, and when the target gear stage and the actual gear stage of the own vehicle are different, the gear stage of the automatic transmission of the own vehicle is switched to the target gear stage in advance. Thus, the speed change of the following vehicle participating in the convoy traveling can be executed in advance on the gear stage for obtaining the driving force for following the leading vehicle, and disturbance of the convoy traveling is suppressed.