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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2008
Yasushi Makino, Mishima, JP;
Hideyuki Iwakiri, Tajimi, JP;
Yuuichi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Yukiko Kawabata, Toyota, JP;
Miyuki Omori, Toyota, JP;
Kiyotaka Moriizumi, Nisshin, JP;
Yasushi Makino, Mishima, JP;
Hideyuki Iwakiri, Tajimi, JP;
Yuuichi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Tomohiko Endo, Toyota, JP;
Yukiko Kawabata, Toyota, JP;
Miyuki Omori, Toyota, JP;
Kiyotaka Moriizumi, Nisshin, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle drive assist apparatus for assisting in driving a vehicle by varying drive torque of wheels that includes: a torque-up mechanism increasing the drive torque; a step detecting mechanism detecting a step that may exist on a road surface in a traveling direction of the vehicle; and a switching mechanism switching a status of control between a first status in which the torque-up mechanism is permitted to operate and a second status in which the torque-up mechanism is restricted to operate, wherein the switching mechanism forms the first status if the step is detected by the step detecting mechanism.