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Vehicle control apparatus

  • US 9,073,549 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2011
  • Issued: 07/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle control apparatus that can stop a transmission of a driving power from a power source of a vehicle to driving wheels of the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling, comprisinga position determination unit that determines a current position of the vehicle,a road information storing unit that stores a road information indicative of a road inclusive of the current position of the vehicle determined by the position determination unit in association with a road status of the road,an inertia travel unit that stops the transmission of the driving power from the power source to the driving wheels based on the road information indicative of a road ahead of the current position, to have the vehicle travel in an inertia travel,a drive operation detecting unit that detects drive operations indicative of at least a suspension of the inertia travel and a start of the inertia travel,a suspension information storing unit that stores therein an information indicative of the current position and of a fact that the inertia travel is suspended thereat, in association with the road information thereat, in the case that the drive operation indicative of the suspension of the inertia travel is detected, andan inertia travel prohibition unit that prohibits the inertia travel of the vehicle in a predetermined section inclusive of the current position based on the information stored in the suspension information storing unit.

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