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Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2007
Applicants:

Kunihiro Iwatsuki, Toyota, JP;

Shinya Iizuka, Susono, JP;

Inventors:

Kunihiro Iwatsuki, Toyota, JP;

Shinya Iizuka, Susono, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 41/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/02 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A drive power control apparatus for a vehicle includes a controller that adjusts the drive power for driving a vehicle to compensate for a parameter that affects the running state of the vehicle. When the vehicle enters a region where the acceleration of the vehicle needs to be changed based on the running environment or when the vehicle is traveling in the region in which the acceleration of the vehicle needs to be changed based on the running environment, the controller makes the amount by which the drive power is adjusted less than the amount by which the drive power is adjusted when the vehicle is traveling in a region other than the region in which the acceleration of the vehicle needs to be changed based on the running environment.


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