An apparatus for controlling a start of an engine may include the engine, a first motor connected to a crankshaft by a first connecting device to start the engine, a main battery supplying a start power to the first motor, a controller configured to monitor components of a vehicle according to a start command for the engine to generate diagnostic information and generating a reverse charging control command to supply the reverse charging power to the main battery as the determination result of the diagnostic information, and an auxiliary battery supplying the reverse charging power to the main battery according to the reverse charging control command.

A driving control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The driving control apparatus includes: an object detection device configured to detect objects in the vicinity of the vehicle and generate information on the objects; a sensing unit configured to detect a state of the vehicle and generate vehicle state information; and a processor configured to: based on the vehicle state information and the information on the objects, generate information on collision with a first object out of the objects, and based on the information on the collision, generate a control signal for at least one of steering, partial braking, and partial driving of the vehicle and provide the generated control signal so as to control operation of the vehicle after the collision through at least one of a steering control action, a partial braking control action, and a partial driving control action.

A control apparatus (80) for a hybrid vehicle (10; 200) provided with: a drive power source including an engine (14; 202) and a vehicle driving electric motor (MG2; MG); an automatic transmission (20; 210) having hydraulically operated coupling devices (CB); and a hydraulic pressure source for the coupling devices, which includes a mechanically operated oil pump (100) operated by the engine, and an electrically operated oil pump (104) operated by a pump driving electric motor (102), the automatic transmission having speed positions having respective different speed ratio values and established with engaging actions of the selected coupling devices through solenoid-operated valves (SL), the coupling devices being operated by hydraulic pressures generated by the electrically operated oil pump, in a motor drive mode in which the vehicle is driven by the vehicle driving electric motor while the engine is at rest. The control apparatus includes: an abnormality detecting portion (92) for detecting an abnormality of the engaging action of the coupling devices to establish one of the speed positions in which the vehicle is started in the motor drive mode; an emergency engine starting portion (94) for starting the engine to operate the mechanically operated oil pump when the abnormality is detected; and a temporary engagement canceling portion (98) for controlling the solenoid-operated valve for the above-indicated one coupling device such that the coupling device is brought into its released state, upon starting of the engine, the temporary engagement canceling portion controlling the solenoid-operated valve to restore the above-indicated one coupling device to its engaged state after starting of the engine.

The likelihood of a collision of a vehicle colliding with an object in front of an own vehicle is determined, and an emergency braking control for avoiding a collision with the object is started in accordance with the determination results. A determination is made as to whether travel environment conditions have been established, from the location at which the vehicle is currently travelling, the situation behind the vehicle, and, the travel state of the vehicle, and the braking control is released when the likelihood of a collision dropped to a predetermined safety level during the period from the start of the emergency braking control until the own vehicle stops, and when the travel environment conditions have been established.

A starting control device is provided for an electrically driven vehicle having an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as drive sources and a transmission shifts and transmits an output of the electric motor to a drive wheel. The starting control device is configured to suppress an abrupt increase in the rotation of the electric motor at the time of an EV start of the vehicle from a released state of a starting dog clutch. In the electrically driven vehicle, an EV start is carried out by transmitting the output of the first motor/generator (MG1) to the drive wheel via a starting dog clutch that is meshingly engaged. The output of the first motor/generator is limited until the starting dog clutch comes into a meshed state in which the transmission transmits drive power at the time of start from a released state of the starting dog clutch.

A control system for hybrid vehicle for extending a possible travelling distance of the vehicle in the event of clutch failure is provided. The control system is configured to select a first drive mode in which the vehicle is powered by an engine in case an estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in trouble is larger than a first threshold value, and to select a second drive mode in which the vehicle is powered by a motor in case the estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in trouble is smaller than the first threshold value. The control system is further configured to reduce an engine torque to be smaller than the estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in case the first drive mode is selected.

An engine ECU executes a control routine including steps of performing output variation control for periodically varying the output of an engine, if control of the engine is not being stopped, at the time of a communication abnormality, and a predetermined time elapses from the time of occurrence of the communication abnormality, and a step of performing fuel-cut control, when the engine speed falls outside a predetermined range.

A controller for a vehicle is configured to execute a process that detects an anomaly of a steering device and a process that performs an automatic turning control that causes the vehicle to turn automatically along a traveling route. The controller is configured to perform the automatic turning control by controlling the steering device when an anomaly of the steering device is not detected. The controller is configured to, when an anomaly of the steering device is detected, calculate, as a predicted value, a load on the substitute device on an assumption that the automatic turning control is performed by activating the substitute device, and perform the automatic turning control by controlling the substitute device when an allowable range that is a set of values of a load allowable to the substitute device includes the predicted value.

A vehicle may have actuators, including a drive device with a drive motor that can act on a drive wheel, a brake device with a brake that can act on a drive wheel, and/or a steering device with a steering sensor by way of which the steering angle of a wheel is adjustable, a vehicle movement controller, and a setpoint value input means, a setpoint value processing means for detecting setpoint value settings of the setpoint value input means, to calculate a yaw acceleration setpoint value and translational acceleration setpoint values from the setpoint value settings. The setpoint value processing means may be configured to transfer the calculated yaw acceleration setpoint value and translational acceleration setpoint values to the vehicle movement controller, which is configured to actuate one or more of the actuators such that the yaw acceleration setpoint value and the translational acceleration setpoint values are reached.

A method for determining if a vehicle control command for controlling a vehicle (1) associated with a current vehicle state precludes a future situation avoidance maneuver (SAM) by the vehicle. The method comprises obtaining one or more safe sets, wherein each safe set represents a range of vehicle states from which a future SAM can be initialized with prospect for success. The method also comprises obtaining the current vehicle state and the control command and predicting a future vehicle state based on the current vehicle state and on the control command. The method comprises comparing the predicted future vehicle state to the one or more safe sets and determining that the control command precludes the future SAM if the predicted future vehicle state is not comprised in any of the one or more safe sets.