US 12,330,504 B2
Control apparatus for vehicle and computer-readable recording medium
Yosuke Takebayashi, Tokyo (JP); and Takeshi Yoneda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,072.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-037433 (JP), filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286393 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 15/20 (2013.01) [B60L 7/18 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including driving motors provided for respective wheels different from one another, the driving motors being each configured to output driving torque for the vehicle and output regenerative torque, the control apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and one or more memories communicably coupled to the one or more processors,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
predict that the vehicle is entering an output increased state ahead in a direction of travel of the vehicle, the output increased state causing output torque of any of the driving motors to be larger than a rated output;
in response to predicting that the vehicle is entering the output increased state, limit the driving torque and the regenerative torque of a relevant one of the driving motors, which is expected to exceed the rated output in the output increased state, to a value below the rated output; and
in response to determining that the vehicle has entered the output increased state after limiting the driving torque and the regenerative torque of the relevant one of the driving motors, control the driving torque and the regenerative torque of the relevant one of the driving motors to exceed the rated output while the vehicle remains in the output increased state.