Patent ID: 7957856

Claim:
A control device of a vehicle using, as a drive power source, at least one of an engine and an electric motor coupled together via a gear mechanism, said engine being controlled to attain one of a stand-alone drive state for driving in an idle state and a load drive state for providing a larger torque than said stand-alone drive state, and said control device comprising: a first calculating unit for calculating a creep torque request value indicating a request value of a creep torque propelling said vehicle at an extremely low speed even when a driver does not make an acceleration request; a second calculating unit for calculating an engine torque request value indicating a request value of an output torque of said engine based on a speed of said vehicle and a revolution speed of said engine; a third calculating unit for calculating, as a motor torque request value indicating a request value of an output torque of said motor, a torque by subtracting, from said creep torque request value, a value of a torque propelling said vehicle when said engine provides a torque corresponding to said engine torque request value; and a control unit for controlling said engine based on said engine torque request value and controlling said motor based on said motor torque request value, wherein said first calculating unit decreases said creep torque request value to a predetermined value according to increase in a brake torque of said vehicle when switching conditions including a first condition that said vehicle is in a stop state and a second condition that said engine is in said load drive state are satisfied, and said predetermined value is a value avoiding a situation that said motor torque request value falls within a predetermined region in which said motor torque request value being substantially zero.