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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Hisahiro Nabeshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidemitsu Nakagawara, Yokohama, JP;
Hisahiro Nabeshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidemitsu Nakagawara, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
When a traveling drive system is activated at a time tin response to a turning of an ignition switch to an ON state at a time t, a request of P/N inhibit (a park lock release inhibit) from an electrically operated motor controller vanishes. Therefore, originally, according to an execution of a park lock release, the vehicle is started in response to a holding of a D position of a shifter. However, in a case where a park lock release inhibit state occurs at a time immediately before time tand the shifter is at the D position at time t, a present shift inhibit flag takes over the park lock inhibit state at the time immediately before tuntil a time tat which the shifter returns to a home (H) position so that the above-described start of the vehicle is prevented.