Accelerator opening setting apparatus, method thereof and motor vehicle equipped with the apparatus
First Claim
1. An accelerator opening setting apparatus of a motor vehicle for setting an accelerator opening in accordance with an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal, comprising:
- a first detector that detects a vehicle speed;
a second detector that detects an operational state of the accelerator pedal;
a first storage that stores an accelerator opening corresponding to a vehicle speed at which the vehicle cruises in a predetermined condition as a cruise-purpose accelerator opening;
a second storage that stores an amount of operation of the accelerator pedal occurring at a time of a cruise corresponding to the vehicle speed as a cruising operation amount; and
a controller that sets the cruise-purpose accelerator opening corresponding to the vehicle speed detected by the first detector among the cruise-purpose accelerator openings stored in the first storage, as the accelerator opening, if the amount of operation of the accelerator pedal detected by the second detector equals a cruising operation amount corresponding to the detected vehicle speed among cruising operation amounts stored in the second storage.
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Abstract
When the vehicle speed is within a range equal to or greater than a threshold value in which the vehicle is often cruised, a cruising accelerator opening is set as an accelerator opening needed to cruise the vehicle at the vehicle speed, and a cruise-purposed convergence opening corresponding to the amount of depression of an accelerator pedal requested of a driver is set at the time of cruise. An offset opening is calculated as a deviation between the set cruising accelerator opening and the set cruise-purposed convergence opening. Then, the accelerator opening for calculating a power needed to run the vehicle is set at the sum of the offset opening and an pedal opening corresponding to the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal.
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36 Claims
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1. An accelerator opening setting apparatus of a motor vehicle for setting an accelerator opening in accordance with an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal, comprising:
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a first detector that detects a vehicle speed;
a second detector that detects an operational state of the accelerator pedal;
a first storage that stores an accelerator opening corresponding to a vehicle speed at which the vehicle cruises in a predetermined condition as a cruise-purpose accelerator opening;
a second storage that stores an amount of operation of the accelerator pedal occurring at a time of a cruise corresponding to the vehicle speed as a cruising operation amount; and
a controller that sets the cruise-purpose accelerator opening corresponding to the vehicle speed detected by the first detector among the cruise-purpose accelerator openings stored in the first storage, as the accelerator opening, if the amount of operation of the accelerator pedal detected by the second detector equals a cruising operation amount corresponding to the detected vehicle speed among cruising operation amounts stored in the second storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An accelerator opening setting apparatus of a motor vehicle for setting an accelerator opening in accordance with an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal, comprising:
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a first detector that detects a vehicle speed;
a second detector that detects an operational state of the accelerator pedal; and
a first storage that stores an offset opening corresponding to the vehicle speed; and
a controller that sets an accelerator opening based on the operational state of the accelerator pedal detected by the second detector and the offset opening corresponding to the vehicle speed detected by the first detector among the offset openings in the first storage. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An accelerator opening setting method of a motor vehicle for setting an accelerator opening in accordance with an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal, comprising:
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detecting a vehicle speed;
detecting an operational state of the accelerator pedal; and
setting a cruise-purpose accelerator opening corresponding to the vehicle speed detected among stored predetermined cruise-purpose accelerator openings as an accelerator opening, if the amount of operation of the accelerator pedal detected equals a cruising operation amount corresponding to the detected vehicle speed among stored predetermined cruising operation amounts.
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36. An accelerator opening setting method of a motor vehicle for setting an accelerator opening in accordance with an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal, comprising:
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detecting a vehicle speed;
detecting an operational state of the accelerator pedal; and
setting an accelerator opening based on the operational state of the accelerator pedal detected, and an offset opening corresponding to the vehicle speed detected among offset openings predetermined corresponding to the vehicle speed.
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