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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Keisuke Takeuchi, Susono, JP;
Toshio Tanahashi, Susono, JP;
Yoshimitsu Agata, Numadu, JP;
Tomohide Kawasaki, Mishima, JP;
Shin Noumura, Yamato, JP;
Keisuke Takeuchi, Susono, JP;
Toshio Tanahashi, Susono, JP;
Yoshimitsu Agata, Numadu, JP;
Tomohide Kawasaki, Mishima, JP;
Shin Noumura, Yamato, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control system for adjusting control characteristics governing behaviors of a vehicle in accordance with a driving preference of a driver. The vehicle control system is comprised of a shifting means that shifts a driving mode of the vehicle between a first mode in which a driving force to be generated is moderated and a second mode in which a driving force to be generated is larger than that generated under the first mode, upon exceedance of a predetermined threshold value by an index that is changed according to a change in a behavior of the vehicle resulting from an accelerating or a decelerating operation executed by the driver. The threshold value is set to a limit value of acceleration for human beings to sense a linear change in the acceleration from zero.