Patent ID: 9081652
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B60W,F02D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control system comprising: an acceleration acquisition unit that detects or estimates an acceleration of a vehicle; and a control unit that is configured to change a running characteristic, which includes at least any one of a driving force characteristic, a shift characteristic, a steering characteristic and a suspension characteristic of the vehicle, based on the acceleration, wherein the control unit is configured to relatively delay a change of the running characteristic for decreasing quickness of behavior of the vehicle with respect to a change of the running characteristic for increasing quickness of behavior of the vehicle, and is configured to limit a change of the running characteristic when a jerk, which is a time differential value of the acceleration, is greater than a limit determination threshold as compared with when the jerk is less than or equal to the limit determination threshold; the control unit is configured to obtain an index based on the acceleration; the control unit is configured to change the running characteristic such that quickness of behavior of the vehicle increases in accordance with an increase in the index and decreases in accordance with a decrease in the index; and the index is configured to immediately increase with an increase in the acceleration and to decrease with a delay from a decrease in the acceleration.