VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

摘要

Provided is a vehicle control apparatus that can improve a gasoline mileage without imparting the sense of discomfort to a driver. When an ECU determines that the brake is turned ON during an N inertia travel control (“YES” in step S11), the ECU stores a current position and a current vehicle speed in a learning DB (Step 12). Next, the ECU matches a data of the current position and the vehicle speed similar to the data of the current position and the vehicle speed stored this time, with reference to the information associated with a section inclusive of the current position (Step S13). Thereafter, when the ECU determines that there are equal to or more than a predetermined number of similar cases (“YES” in step S14), the ECU sets the section referenced in the step S13 as an N inertia travel prohibition section.

主权项

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, comprising
a 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, and an 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.