Patent ID: 11926210
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A controller for vehicle, comprising:
a paddle shifter provided in a steering apparatus of the vehicle, the paddle shifter being capable of changing deceleration of the vehicle and a shift characteristic of the vehicle,
the paddle shifter including a pair of operation portions that decrease or increase the deceleration relative to current deceleration in response to an operation of a driver, wherein the shift characteristic of the vehicle is set to a fixed shift mode based on the operation of the driver in response to an operation of one of the operation portions,
the shift characteristic of the vehicle is set to an automatic shift mode based on a running condition of the vehicle in response to an operation of another of the operation portions, and
when the one operation portion of the pair of operation portions remains in an ON state for a predetermined period of time, a change in the shift characteristic of the vehicle based on the other operation portion is activated.