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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Ozawa, Toyota, JP;
Masato Tateno, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B60T 1/00 (2006.01); B60T 8/58 (2006.01); B60T 1/06 (2006.01); B60T 8/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 1/005 (2013.01); B60T 1/062 (2013.01); B60T 8/58 (2013.01); B60T 8/3205 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to a parking lock control computer, in a case where there is a switching request from a non-parking lock state of a parking lock mechanism to a parking lock state based on a driver's manual operation of a P switch or a vehicle power switch, the P switch or the vehicle power switch is operated in a state where a vehicle speed V exceeds a P lock permissible vehicle speed Vp, a parking lock operation is inhibited, and a parking lock rejection history is stored, switching to the parking lock state of the parking lock mechanism by a door opening operation is permitted.