Patent ID: 8285433
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,B60Y,G01C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control device having a plurality of driving modes, comprising: a destination setting portion setting a destination; a route setting portion setting a driving route from a starting point to the destination; a driving route dividing portion dividing the driving route into sections; a driving mode fixing portion fixing a driving mode by associating any of the driving modes with each of the sections of the divided driving route, based on an instruction from an operator; and a driving control portion causing a vehicle to travel each of the sections of the divided driving route in the associated driving mode, the driving route dividing portion dividing the driving route from the starting point to the destination into sections appropriate for each of the plurality of driving modes and provisionally deciding a driving mode for each of the sections of the divided driving route, and the driving mode fixing portion changing the driving mode associated with each of the sections of the divided driving route into another driving mode based on the instruction from the operator.