IP Library Granted Patent US 11,267,452
Granted Patent B2
US 11,267,452 · App. 16/598,671 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Control device of vehicle

Inventors: Koichi Okuda (Toyota, JP); Atsushi Tabata (Okazaki, JP); Tetsuya Kono (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 11,267,452
App. No.
16/598,671
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device of a vehicle includes a power source and a power transmission device, and comprises: a state determining portion determining whether a vehicle state is a state in which a running performance of the vehicle is limited; a drive torque calculating portion calculating a drive torque as a maximum drive torque which the vehicle outputs based on the vehicle state; a remaining running distance calculating portion calculating a remaining distance as a maximum distance for which the vehicle travels based on the vehicle state; a destination setting portion setting a destination of the vehicle based on the drive torque and the remaining distance; and a driving control portion providing an automatic driving control in which acceleration/deceleration and steering are automatically performed based on the destination when it is determined that the vehicle is in a state in which the running performance thereof is limited.

Claims (16)

1. A control device of a vehicle including a power source and a power transmission device transmitting a power of the power source to drive wheels, the control device comprising:

a controller that is configured to:

determine whether a vehicle state is a state in which a running performance of the vehicle is limited;

calculate a drive torque as a maximum drive torque which the vehicle outputs based on the vehicle state;

calculate a remaining distance as a maximum distance for which the vehicle travels based on the vehicle state;

set a destination of the vehicle based on the drive torque and the remaining distance; and

provide an automatic driving control in which acceleration/deceleration and steering are automatically performed based on the destination when it is determined that the vehicle is in a state in which the running performance thereof is limited.

2. The control device of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the power source includes an engine and a rotating machine, and

the controller is configured to provide the automatic driving control using at least one of the engine and the rotating machine based on the vehicle state.

3. The control device of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to set the destination based on a type of a road on which the vehicle is currently running.

4. The control device of the vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to set the destination such that the vehicle runs to the destination on a road other than an expressway rather than on the expressway.

5. The control device of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to set a place having high priority as the destination among predefined prioritized places.

6. The control device of the vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to consider a predefined place for repairing the vehicle as the place having the highest priority when the controller sets the destination.

7. The control device of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to provide the automatic driving control by controlling the power transmission device based on a type of a road on which the vehicle is currently running.

8. The control device of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to provide the automatic driving control by controlling the power transmission device based on a type of a road in a route to the destination.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2019
From: OKUDA, KOICHI; TABATA, ATSUSHI; KONO, TETSUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050682/0592 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-196219 · Oct 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200122710A1 · Apr 23, 2020
Cited By (1)
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