Patent ID: 9222422
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: F02D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An output characteristic control device for controlling an output characteristic of an internal combustion engine mounted in a vehicle, comprising: a road traffic environment detection unit configured to detect a road traffic environment in which an own vehicle is running; a recommended vehicle speed calculation unit configured to calculate a recommended vehicle speed of the own vehicle in the detected road traffic environment; a target output characteristic setting unit configured to reduce an output of the internal combustion engine corresponding to an accelerator operation amount as a vehicle speed difference between the recommended vehicle speed and an own-vehicle speed decreases and set a target output characteristic of the internal combustion engine to such an output characteristic suitable for constant running at the recommended vehicle speed when the vehicle speed difference between the recommended vehicle speed and the own-vehicle speed becomes substantially zero; and an output characteristic changing unit configured to change the output characteristic of the internal combustion engine to the target output characteristic.