Patent ID: 9382859
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B60W,F02D,F02N,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A control device for a motor vehicle, comprising: an idling stop controller for stopping operation of an internal combustion engine mounted as a drive source on the vehicle when a predetermined stopping condition is fulfilled; a neutral-at-idle controller for shifting a transmission of the vehicle into neutral when a predetermined shift-into-neutral condition is fulfilled; a vehicle speed sensor that detects whether the motor vehicle has stopped moving; a standing time measuring unit that starts counting time when the vehicle speed sensor detects that the vehicle has stopped moving; a control unit that determines whether or not the standing time measuring unit has counted a predetermined time, wherein, (a) until the control unit determines that the standing time measuring unit has counted the predetermined time, the control unit controls only the idling stop controller to stop operation of the internal combustion engine if the predetermined stopping condition is fulfilled and prohibits shifting the transmission of the vehicle into neutral even if the predetermined shift-into-neutral condition is fulfilled, and (b) after the control unit determines that the standing time measuring unit has counted the predetermined time, the control unit determines whether the predetermined shift-into-neutral condition is fulfilled and controls the neutral-at-idle controller to shift the transmission of the vehicle into neutral if the predetermined shift-into-neutral condition is fulfilled.