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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Terufumi Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Yukihiko Ideshio, Nisshin, JP;
Toshihiko Kamiya, Toyota, JP;
Shingo Eto, Gamagori, JP;
Hironori Asaoka, Nisshin, JP;
Yasuyuki Kato, Toyota, JP;
Terufumi Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Yukihiko Ideshio, Nisshin, JP;
Toshihiko Kamiya, Toyota, JP;
Shingo Eto, Gamagori, JP;
Hironori Asaoka, Nisshin, JP;
Yasuyuki Kato, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle running control device in a vehicle includes a power connecting/disconnecting device interrupting power transmission between an engine and drive wheels, the vehicle running control device providing free-run control of interrupting the power transmission with the power connecting/disconnecting device and stopping the engine during inertia running, the vehicle running control device being configured to determine a target vehicle deceleration at the start of the free-run control based on a vehicle speed and to estimate an estimated vehicle deceleration when the free-run control is started, before starting the free-run control, and when the estimated vehicle deceleration is closer to the target vehicle deceleration at the start of the free-run control, the free-run control being more easily provided.