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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicants:
Nobuyuki Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
Masaya Amano, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Uchida, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Hayakawa, Okazaki, JP;
Go Hayasaka, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
Masaya Amano, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Uchida, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Hayakawa, Okazaki, JP;
Go Hayasaka, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 28/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an accelerator pedal, a drive device and an electronic control unit (ECU). The drive device generates driving force for driving a wheel on the basis of an operation amount of the accelerator pedal. The ECU, while the vehicle is travelling in a ready-off state, prohibits a shift into a ready-on state until the operation amount of the accelerator pedal once becomes lower than a predetermined value.