US 11,926,210 B1
Controller for vehicle
Noriaki Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); Kazuya Sakurai, Tokyo (JP); and Tetsuya Suko, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,879.
Claims priority of application No. 202211032171.3 (CN), filed on Aug. 26, 2022.
Int. Cl. B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60K 20/06 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01)
CPC B60K 20/06 (2013.01) [B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); F16H 59/02 (2013.01); F16H 61/02 (2013.01); F16H 61/0213 (2013.01); F16H 61/0248 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0221 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0247 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controller for vehicle, comprising:
a paddle shifter provided in a steering apparatus of the vehicle, the paddle shifter being capable of changing deceleration of the vehicle and a shift characteristic of the vehicle,
the paddle shifter including a pair of operation portions that decrease or increase the deceleration relative to current deceleration in response to an operation of a driver, wherein the shift characteristic of the vehicle is set to a fixed shift mode based on the operation of the driver in response to an operation of one of the operation portions,
the shift characteristic of the vehicle is set to an automatic shift mode based on a running condition of the vehicle in response to an operation of another of the operation portions, and
when the one operation portion of the pair of operation portions remains in an ON state for a predetermined period of time, a change in the shift characteristic of the vehicle based on the other operation portion is activated.