Vehicle and traveling state determination method of vehicle
First Claim
1. A vehicle comprising:
- an accelerator operation amount detection unit for detecting an accelerator operation amount;
a vehicle speed detection unit for detecting a vehicle speed;
a climbing road traveling determination unit for performing climbing road traveling determination whether the vehicle travels on a predetermined climbing road based on said detected vehicle speed;
a traveling state determination unit for determining that a traveling state of the vehicle is a good state that is an energy efficient state when said detected accelerator operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is a poor state that is an energy inefficient state when said detected accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a second operation amount larger than said first operation amount, maintaining a determination result of the previous traveling state of the vehicle while said climbing road traveling determination unit performs the climbing road traveling determination when said detected accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount, determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is the good state when said climbing road traveling determination unit determines that the vehicle travels on said predetermined climbing road when said detected accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount, and determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is the poor state when said climbing road traveling determination unit determines that the vehicle does not travel on said predetermined climbing road when said detected accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount; and
a notification unit for notifying an occupant of the determination result by said traveling state determination unit.
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Abstract
When an accelerator opening Acc is smaller than a flat road threshold Aref1, an ECO indicator is illuminated, and when the accelerator opening Acc is equal to or larger than a climbing road threshold Aref2 larger than the flat road threshold Aref1, the ECO indicator is extinguished (S120 and S220), when the accelerator opening Acc is equal to or larger than the flat road threshold Aref1 and smaller than the climbing road threshold Aref2, the previous state of the ECO indicator is maintained until climbing road determination performed based on a vehicle speed V is finished, and when the climbing road determination is finished, the ECO indicator is illuminated or extinguished based on the result of the determination.
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8 Claims
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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an accelerator operation amount detection unit for detecting an accelerator operation amount; a vehicle speed detection unit for detecting a vehicle speed; a climbing road traveling determination unit for performing climbing road traveling determination whether the vehicle travels on a predetermined climbing road based on said detected vehicle speed; a traveling state determination unit for determining that a traveling state of the vehicle is a good state that is an energy efficient state when said detected accelerator operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is a poor state that is an energy inefficient state when said detected accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a second operation amount larger than said first operation amount, maintaining a determination result of the previous traveling state of the vehicle while said climbing road traveling determination unit performs the climbing road traveling determination when said detected accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount, determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is the good state when said climbing road traveling determination unit determines that the vehicle travels on said predetermined climbing road when said detected accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount, and determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is the poor state when said climbing road traveling determination unit determines that the vehicle does not travel on said predetermined climbing road when said detected accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount; and a notification unit for notifying an occupant of the determination result by said traveling state determination unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A traveling state determination method of a vehicle for determining whether a traveling state of the vehicle is a good state that is an energy efficient state or a poor state that is an energy inefficient state in notification of whether the traveling state is the good state or the poor state to an occupant by illuminating or extinguishing an indicator mounted in a compartment,
said method determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is the good state when an accelerator operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, said method determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is the poor state when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said second operation amount larger than said first operation amount, said method maintaining a determination result of the previous traveling state of the vehicle while climbing road traveling determination whether the vehicle travels on a predetermined climbing road is performed based on a vehicle speed when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount, said method determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is the good state when it is determined in said climbing road traveling determination that the vehicle travels on said predetermined climbing road when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount, and said method determining that the traveling state of the vehicle is the poor state when it is determined in said climbing road traveling determination that the vehicle does not travel on said predetermined climbing road when the accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than said first operation amount and smaller than said second operation amount.
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