Patent ID: 9157386
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60R,F01N,F02D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A vehicle travel control device comprising: a power generation device configured to generate electrical power by power generated at the time of operation; a power source configured to provide the power generation device with power; and a vehicle maintenance device configured to be activated by electricity, wherein: when stopping the power source and causing a vehicle, which travels by power generated by the power source, to travel through inertia, if it is determined that an activation of the vehicle maintenance device is predicted based on a forward situation of the vehicle, the power source is started before the vehicle maintenance device is activated in response to the prediction, and the vehicle maintenance device is activated after the power generation device is activated by power generated by the power source, and control of power generation by the power generation device and activation of the vehicle maintenance device is carried out so that a predetermined time interval is produced, the predetermined time interval being between a time of termination of a rising period of power generation by the power generation device and a start time of the activation of the vehicle maintenance device, regardless of variation in the rising period of power generation.