Patent ID: 9074544
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B60W,F02D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control apparatus that changes a travel characteristic of a vehicle based on a change in acceleration of the vehicle, comprising a controller configured to set an index to be a first value corresponding to a first degree of vehicle behavior, and to set the index to be a second value corresponding to a second degree of vehicle behavior, the first value being greater than the second value, the first degree corresponding to a vehicle behavior quicker than a vehicle behavior to which the second degree corresponds, the controller being further configured to set a travel characteristic based on the index, to change the index in response to the change in acceleration, and to selectively adjust an amount of change of the index in response to the change in acceleration based on at least one of the controller being configured to adjust the amount of change of the index a first amount of change of the index in response to the acceleration changing a first acceleration amount when the index is the first value and to adjust the amount of change of the index a second amount of change of the index in response to the acceleration changing the first acceleration amount when the index is the second value, the first amount of change of the index being different from the second amount of change of the index.