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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Advics Co., Ltd., Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masayuki Naito, Nagakute, JP;
Tomokazu Kato, Toyota, JP;
Kousuke Baba, Kariya, JP;
Hiroaki Niino, Toyota, JP;
Masayoshi Ooishi, Anjo, JP;
ADVICS CO., LTD., Aichi-Pref., JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a vehicle includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates a target torque such that the greater the amount of brake operation is, the smaller the target torque becomes. The processing circuitry controls the drive motor such that the creep torque is smaller when brake operation is being performed by the driver than when the brake operation is not being performed by the driver. The control circuitry controls the brake device such that, when the brake operation is being performed by the driver, the brake torque approaches a target brake torque. The processing circuitry sets a decrease gradient of the creep torque to be smaller than a decrease gradient of the target torque when the brake operation amount is increased under a condition in which the creep torque is being output by the drive motor.