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Granted Patent B2
US 12710016 · App. 18/975,101 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Control device for vehicle

Inventor: Akito Uchida (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F02D41/3076F02D41/22G07C5/0808F02D2200/101
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12710016
App. No.
18/975,101
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device, for a vehicle, includes a mode determination unit configured to determine whether a traveling mode of the vehicle is switched to a circuit mode or not and a start sound control unit configured to execute a start sound increase process of increasing a start sound of a traveling power source of the vehicle in a case where the mode determination unit makes an affirmative determination, as compared to a case where the mode determination unit makes a negative determination.

Claims (9)

1 . A control device for a vehicle, the control device comprising:

a mode determination unit configured to determine whether a traveling mode of the vehicle is switched to a circuit mode or not; and

a start sound control unit configured to execute a start sound increase process of increasing a start sound of a traveling power source of the vehicle in a case where the mode determination unit makes an affirmative determination, as compared to a case where the mode determination unit makes a negative determination,

wherein

the traveling power source is an engine, and

the start sound control unit is configured to execute the start sound increase process by increasing a blowing rotation speed at a time of starting the engine in a case where the mode determination unit makes an affirmative determination, as compared to a case where the mode determination unit makes a negative determination.

2 . The control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a fuel cut control unit configured to execute a fuel cut process of the engine when a rotation speed of the engine in an idle operation state is equal to or higher than a fuel cut rotation speed higher than a target idle rotation speed,

wherein the fuel cut control unit is configured to set the fuel cut rotation speed to a higher value during execution of the start sound increase process than during stop of the start sound increase process.

3 . The control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the start sound control unit stops the start sound increase process after a predetermined time elapses from a start of the start sound increase process.