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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Inomata, Utsunomiya, JP;
Katsuyasu Yamane, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Masayuki Yamazaki, Utsunomiya, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device equipped with a vehicle state switching control unit for permitting an on/off switching control of an onboard device or a start/stop switching control of a drive source by a normal pressing operation of a start/stop switch SSSW when the vehicle is currently stopped, and for prohibiting a STOP control of the drive source by the normal pressing operation of the start/stop switch SSSW and permitting the STOP control of the drive source by a special pressing operation of the start/stop switch SSSW when the vehicle is currently traveling. A traveling judgment unit judges that the vehicle is currently stopped, if an abnormality has occurred in at least one of a plurality of signals, and all of the signals, which have been judged not to be abnormal, are stop signals.