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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2016
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Wako, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuro Hirayama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomo Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Tanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Kohara, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller of a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a first operation part that switches drive mode of the vehicle; a second operation part that switches off-road traveling modes indicating traveling modes for off-road driving of the vehicle; a transfer controller that controls the arrangement of a transfer device in accordance with the drive mode; a detector that detects the arrangement of the transfer device; a determiner that determines whether a switching of the traveling modes is permitted or not based on the drive mode and the arrangement detected by the detector; and a setter that sets the traveling modes of the vehicle based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first operation part and the second operation part when the determiner determines the switching of the traveling modes is permitted, and maintains the current traveling mode when the determiner determines the switching of the traveling modes is not permitted.