Patent ID: 6626797
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B60W,F16H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicular control apparatus for controlling an automatic gear change which executes a gear change control of an automatic transmission, the apparatus comprising:a road surface inclination detecting means for detecting an inclination of a vehicle travelling road where the vehicle is travelling so as to output road surface inclination information (&thgr;R) with respect to the inclination, a road surface curve detecting means for detecting a curve of the vehicle travelling road so as to output curve information (R) with respect to the curve, and a gear change control means for controlling a gear change of an automatic transmission on the basis of actual curve information (R) and road surface inclination information (&thgr;R), wherein the gear change control means: includes a map for conducting a gear change determination responding to a drive operation performed by a driver, which map is pre-set on the basis of the relationship between the road surface inclination (&thgr;R) and the curve degree (R), determines a gear change based on the drive operation performed by the driver and the information of the road surface inclination (&thgr;R) and the curve degree (R) from the map, and controls the gear change of the automatic transmission.