VEHICLE CONTROLLER
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1. A vehicle controller comprising:
- a sensor that detects a driving condition of a preceding vehicle;
a re-acceleration determiner that determines based on the driving condition of the preceding vehicle whether or not a re-acceleration state where the preceding vehicle decelerates and then accelerates occurs; and
a rotation controller that, if it is determined that the re-acceleration state occurs, maintains a rotational speed of an engine not less than a lower limit.
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Abstract
A vehicle controller includes a camera unit that detects driving conditions of a preceding vehicle; a re-acceleration determiner that determines based on the driving conditions of the preceding vehicle whether or not a re-acceleration state in which the preceding vehicle decelerates and then accelerates occurs; and a rotation controller that, if it is determined that the vehicle is in a re-acceleration state, maintains the engine speed of the engine not less than a lower limit.
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8 Claims
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1. A vehicle controller comprising:
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a sensor that detects a driving condition of a preceding vehicle; a re-acceleration determiner that determines based on the driving condition of the preceding vehicle whether or not a re-acceleration state where the preceding vehicle decelerates and then accelerates occurs; and a rotation controller that, if it is determined that the re-acceleration state occurs, maintains a rotational speed of an engine not less than a lower limit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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