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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2007
Seiji Kuwahara, Toyota, JP;
Toshihiro Fukumasu, Toyota, JP;
Masami Kondo, Toyota, JP;
Hideki Kubonoya, Toyota, JP;
Naoto Moriya, Toyota, JP;
Masato Kaigawa, Toyota, JP;
Seiji Kuwahara, Toyota, JP;
Toshihiro Fukumasu, Toyota, JP;
Masami Kondo, Toyota, JP;
Hideki Kubonoya, Toyota, JP;
Naoto Moriya, Toyota, JP;
Masato Kaigawa, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An ECU executes a program that includes the steps of i) calculating a sporty running counting SC based on a state of a vehicle according to an operation of a driver; ii) changing a condition for executing sporty running in which an upshift is inhibited when an accelerator is suddenly released and in which a downshift is promoted during sudden braking such that the condition is easier to satisfy and changing a condition for returning from sporty running so that it is more difficult to satisfy when the sporty running count SC is equal to or greater than a threshold value; and iii) changing the condition for executing sporty running so that it is more difficult to satisfy and changing the condition for returning from sporty running so that it is easier to satisfy when the sporty running count SC is not equal to or greater than the threshold value.