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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Shigetaka Kuroda, Wako, JP;
Akira Kato, Wako, JP;
Jun Takahashi, Wako, JP;
Kazutomo Sawamura, Wako, JP;
Yoshiharu Saito, Wako, JP;
Ryuuji Kouno, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a vehicle calculates a desired driving force required by the vehicle in response to operating conditions of the vehicle including an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle, and controls the driving force of the vehicle, based on the calculated desired driving force. The desired driving force is corrected depending on whether the vehicle is in a particular operating condition. For example, when the vehicle is in a standing condition while traveling on a road congested with traffic when the desired driving force is corrected in the decreasing direction, the correction amount of the desired driving force in the decreasing direction is corrected to a value closer to zero. The desired driving force is also corrected according to a time period over which the particular operating condition continues.