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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2010
Shoichi Shono, Miyoshi, JP;
Yoshikazu Motozono, Miyoshi, JP;
Masafumi Uchihara, Toyota, JP;
Akihiro Ueda, Nagoya, JP;
Jonggap Kim, Susono, JP;
Norimi Asahara, Numazu, JP;
Shoichi Shono, Miyoshi, JP;
Yoshikazu Motozono, Miyoshi, JP;
Masafumi Uchihara, Toyota, JP;
Akihiro Ueda, Nagoya, JP;
JongGap Kim, Susono, JP;
Norimi Asahara, Numazu, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular drive control apparatus provided with pulse-driving and gliding means for setting upper limit Vhi and lower limit Vlo of running speed V of a vehicle according to an upper and lower vehicle speed limit maps, and on the basis of target running speed Vt which is the running speed V at a time when control initiating conditions have been satisfied, and running the vehicle in P & G running mode by alternately repeating pulse-driving run (accelerating run) and gliding run (decelerating run) of the vehicle at the running speed V varying between the set upper and lower limits Vhi and Vlo, the control initiating conditions including a condition that the vehicle is in a steady running state.