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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Kentaro Ueno, Atsugi, JP;
Mitsuhide Sasaki, Isehara, JP;
Inventors:
Kentaro Ueno, Atsugi, JP;
Mitsuhide Sasaki, Isehara, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
For a pedal travel, a pedal reaction force, a driving force of a vehicle, and a braking force of a vehicle, different characteristics conformed to a stepping motion, a releasing motion, and a holding motion are determined on the basis of a pedal effort and predetermined characteristics of a pedal reaction force, and characteristics in a holding motion are changed according to vehicle information and environmental information.