Patent ID: 9086949
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B60K,F02D,F02N,F16H,G06F

Abstract:
1. A control device for a vehicle, said vehicle including: a driving system for controlling running of said vehicle; a sensor outputting a shift signal in accordance with a shift operation performed by a user; a transmission device in which a shift range is switched in accordance with said shift signal, and fixing an axle of said vehicle when said shift range is a vehicle-stop range; and a braking device for applying a braking force to said vehicle in accordance with a braking operation performed by a user, said control device comprising: a determination unit determining whether or not a sensor abnormality occurs which exhibits that said shift signal includes both of a vehicle-stop signal corresponding to said vehicle-stop range and a vehicle non-stop signal not corresponding to said vehicle-stop range; and an activation control unit, in a case where said sensor abnormality occurs, allowing activation of said driving system when an activating condition determined using at least any of said braking force and an abnormal form of said shift signal is met, and not allowing activation of said driving system when said activating condition is not met, wherein said activating condition is a first condition that said shift signal includes said vehicle non-stop signal continuously even after said shift signal is changed into a state of including no vehicle-stop signal by a first shift operation, and that said shift signal is changed again into a state of including said vehicle-stop signal by a second shift operation performed after said first shift operation, or a second condition that said shift signal is changed into a state of indicating a drive range for allowing driving of said vehicle by a third shift operation, and that the shift signal is changed into a state of including said vehicle-stop signal again by a fourth shift operation performed after the third shift operation, and that said braking force is greater than a predetermined value.