Patent ID: 9410584
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B60W,F16D,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle including an engine as a motive power source thereof and a clutch device provided in a power transmission path connected with an output shaft of the engine, comprising: a first control section that shifts the vehicle from a normal running state to a coasting state by disengaging the clutch device when a predetermined execution condition is satisfied; a second control section that releases the coasting state when a brake operation or an accelerator operation is performed by a vehicle driver while the vehicle is in the coasting state; and an operation amount determination section that determines whether or not an operation amount of a brake operation or an accelerator operation performed while the vehicle is in the coasting state exceeds a release threshold, wherein the second control section releases the coasting state if the operation amount is determined to exceed the release threshold, and does not release the coasting state if the operation amount is determined not to exceed the release threshold.