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Granted Patent B2
US 7,917,262 · App. 11/883,769 · Granted Mar 29, 2011

Control apparatus for vehicle

Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,917,262
App. No.
11/883,769
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ECU executes a program that includes the steps of: sensing an accelerator position (S 100 ); calculating a target engine torque of a manipulating system “a” from the accelerator position (S 200 ); holding the target engine torque of the manipulating system “a” (S 300 ); calculating a target driving force of the manipulating system “A” from the target engine torque of the manipulating system “a” (S 400 ); arbitrating in driving force between the target driving force of the manipulating system “A” and the target driving force of the supporting system “B” (S 500 ); and, if the target driving force of the manipulating system “A” is selected as a result of the arbitration (NO in S 600 ), outputting the held target engine torque of the manipulating system “a” as the target engine torque to the engine ECU (S 900 ).

Claims (18)

1. A control apparatus for controlling a device incorporated into a vehicle, said control apparatus

generating a target value for said device, and

arbitrating between at least two target values for one device to set a target value for said one device, at least one of said at least two target values being different in unit from the other target value, said control apparatus

controlling said one device based on said set target value, wherein

in said arbitration between said target values, said control apparatus

performs a physical quantity conversion of the target value in order to unify units,

holds the target value of before said physical quantity conversion, and

sets said held target value as the target value for said one device, when the target value that requires a reverse conversion of said physical quantity conversion is selected as a result of said arbitration.

2. The control apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

said one device is a driving power source of the vehicle, and

in said generation of the target value, a first target value that is based on a manipulation of a driver of the vehicle, and a second target value that is based on other than said manipulation are generated, said first target value and said second target value being different in unit from each other.

3. The control apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

said driving power source is an engine,

said first target value is expressed in the unit of torque,

said second target value is expressed in the unit of driving force,

in said physical quantity conversion, a physical quantity conversion for unifying into the unit of driving force is performed,

in said holding of said target value, the first target value is held, and

in said setting of said target value, said held first target value is set as the target value for the engine, when said first target value is selected as a result of said arbitration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2007
From: KUWAHARA, SEIJI; KAIGAWA, MASATO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 019709/0051 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-311294 · Oct 26, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080140283A1 · Jun 12, 2008