VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
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Abstract
A vehicle control device including an eco-run control system for automatically stopping the engine under a predetermined condition when the vehicle is stopped and starting the engine under a predetermined restart condition further includes a vehicle surroundings monitoring device that detects a possibility of the vehicle being collided with by another vehicle. When the vehicle surroundings monitoring device detects a possibility of collision while the engine is kept in a stop mode because of eco-run control and when starting the engine will provide a benefit (when there is a possibility of avoiding a collision), the engine is immediately started to give the driver an opportunity to avoid the collision and a PCS device is activated in preparation for the collision. When the collision is inevitable, only the PCS device is activated.
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24 Claims
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13. A control device for a vehicle comprising:
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an automatic engine stopping/starting device that automatically stops the engine under a predetermined condition when the vehicle is stopped and starting the engine under a predetermined restart condition; and a collision possibility detection device that detects a possibility of the vehicle being collided with by another vehicle, wherein, when the collision possibility detecting device detects a possibility of collision while the engine is kept in a stop mode by the automatic engine stopping/starting device, the automatic engine stopping/starting device cancels the engine stop mode and starts the engine. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A control method for a vehicle wherein the vehicle includes:
- an automatic engine stopping/starting device that automatically stops an engine under a predetermined condition when the vehicle is stopped and starts the engine under a predetermined restart condition; and
a collision possibility detection device that detects a possibility of the vehicle being collided with by another vehicle, the control method comprising;cancelling a stop mode of the engine effected by the automatic engine stopping/starting device and starting the engine when the collision possibility detection device detects a possibility of collision while the engine is kept in a stop mode by the automatic engine stopping/starting device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- an automatic engine stopping/starting device that automatically stops an engine under a predetermined condition when the vehicle is stopped and starts the engine under a predetermined restart condition; and
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