Patent ID: 6470252
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: B60W,F02D,F16H,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
An integrated vehicle control system comprising:a plurality of component control sections respectively controlling operations of a plurality of components of a vehicle following previously set control rules; and a manager control section commanding operational guides of the components controlled by the component control sections to the component control sections; wherein each of the component control sections includes characteristic information transmitting means for transmitting characteristic information of the components controlled by the component control sections to the manager control section; wherein the manager control section sets the operational guides of the components based on the characteristic information of the components transmitted from the characteristic information transmitting means; wherein the component control sections include a transmission control section for controlling a transmission; wherein the characteristic information transmitting means of the transmission control section transmits to the manager control section, as the characteristic information of the transmission, at least one of a transmission characteristic, a shift prohibition/permission characteristic and a shift quality characteristic of the transmission; and wherein the transmission characteristic of the transmission includes at least one of torque amplification factor information, transmission efficiency information and transmittable torque information.