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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Shinsuke Iwasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Takahiro Araki, Nagoya, JP;
Shinsuke Iwasaki, Nagoya, JP;
Takahiro Araki, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes: a controller configured to adjust a temperature of an evaporator constituting an air conditioning system of the vehicle to a target temperature; the controller being configured to automatically stop an engine when a predetermined engine automatic stop condition is satisfied; the controller being configured to automatically start the engine when at least the temperature of the evaporator reaches a predetermined temperature or higher during automatic stop of the engine, and the predetermined temperature being higher than the target temperature; and the controller being configured to set the target temperature of the evaporator to be lower when a vehicle speed is low than that when the vehicle speed is high.