Patent ID: 8412433
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: B60T,B60W,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A motion control device for a vehicle comprising: a vehicle speed obtaining means for obtaining a speed of the vehicle; a curvature obtaining means for obtaining a bending grade of a curve existing ahead of the vehicle on a road on which the vehicle travels; a position obtaining means for obtaining a relative position of the vehicle relative to the curve; a determination means for determining an appropriate vehicle speed for the vehicle passing through the curve on the basis of the bending grade of the curve; a speed reduction control means for executing a speed reduction control for reducing the speed of the vehicle on the basis of the speed of the vehicle and the relative position so that the vehicle passes though the curve at the appropriate vehicle speed; and a gradient obtaining means for obtaining a gradient of the road on the curve in a traveling direction of the vehicle, wherein