A launch control technique for a vehicle having a torque generating system comprises displaying, via a user interface, information relating to a set of launch torque curves, each launch torque curve defining how the torque generating system is to generate drive torque during a period, receiving, via the user interface, a driver-selection of one of the set of launch torque curves to obtain a driver-selected launch torque curve, detecting a set of launch conditions comprising one or more vehicle operating conditions indicative of a launch of the vehicle, detecting a launch request in response to an accelerator pedal of the vehicle being depressed to an accelerator pedal position threshold, and finally controlling the launch of the vehicle by performing open-loop control of the drive torque generated by the torque generating system according to the driver-selected launch torque curve and irrespective of wheel slip of the vehicle.

Provided is an apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a camera mounted to the host vehicle and having a field of view in front of the host vehicle, the camera configured to acquire image data; and a controller including a processor configured to process the image data. The controller may identify at least one object obstructing driving of the host vehicle based on the image data, and control a steering controller of a steering device to apply a periodically varying dithering torque to the steering device of the host vehicle in response to a collision with the at least one object being expected. The apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle may shorten the response time for emergency steering.

Systems and methods for controlling engine brake disengagement in a vehicle include a controller receiving a signal indicative of a command to disengage an engine brake while the vehicle engine is in engine brake engaged condition. The engine can be subjected to a first negative torque under the engine brake engaged condition. The controller can cause the engine brake to be gradually disengaged over a time period using a predefined torque ramp rate, responsive to the signal. The gradual disengagement of the engine brake can be in the form of a phased out disengagement, and can reduce vehicle engine jerk associated with engine brake disengagement.

The present invention obtains a control system and a control method capable of appropriately suppressing front lift-up of a straddle-type vehicle.

In the control system and the control method according to the present invention, damping forces of suspensions and drive power generated to the straddle-type vehicle are controlled. The drive power adjustment control is executed to adjust the drive power generated to the straddle-type vehicle so as to suppress the front lift-up that causes a front wheel of the straddle-type vehicle to lift off from the ground, and initiation timing of the drive power adjustment control is controlled by using a physical quantity to which states of the suspensions are reflected.

A stop control device which is a control device includes a gradient acquisition unit that acquires a road surface gradient; a drive instruction unit that executes a stopping drive instruction process for instructing a drive device to set a driving force of the vehicle to a magnitude corresponding to the road surface gradient when stopping the vehicle on a climbing road; and a braking instruction unit that executes a stopping braking instruction process of stopping the vehicle by instructing a braking device to apply a braking force corresponding to a required acceleration to the vehicle when stopping the vehicle on the climbing road.

A wheelie controller and a control method thereof or preventing a reduction of acceleration that is more than necessary and reducing a shock during a contact of a front wheel with the ground when a wheelie state is terminated. The wheelie controller for controlling a wheelie of a vehicle body computes a target trajectory, which is a target of a parameter and is used to control the wheelie state of the vehicle body, in accordance with the parameter that is related to pitch of the vehicle body and controls an increase/reduction of the pitch of the vehicle body so as to bring the parameter close to the target trajectory.

When having determined that an operation of a brake operator is initiated at a first timing and the operation amount continues to increase until a second specific timing arrives to become constant at a second timing, vehicle control means which a vehicle control apparatus comprises executes braking force control in such a manner that a time-differential value of controlled braking force during a first period from the second timing to a first terminal timing matches with a time-differential value of controlled braking force at the second specific timing as well as executes driving force control in such a manner that a time-differential value of the controlled driving force during the first period becomes a value less than or equal to a sum of a time-differential value of the controlled driving force at the second specific timing and a time-differential value of operation braking force at the second specific timing.

A vehicle control method is applied to a vehicle 1 in which a front wheel 2 is driven by an engine 4, and the method includes a basic torque setting step of setting basic torque to be generated by the engine 4, based on an operational state of the vehicle 1; an acceleration torque setting step of setting acceleration torque, based on a reduction in steering angle of a steering apparatus 5 mounted on the vehicle 1; a torque generation step of controlling the engine 4 so that torque based on the basic torque and the acceleration torque is generated; and an acceleration torque changing step of changing the acceleration torque, based on a vehicle-width-direction mounting position of a steering wheel 6 and an operation direction of the steering wheel 6 when the steering angle is reduced. Thus, vehicle posture control is performed in consideration of the vehicle-width-direction mounting position of the steering wheel 6 and the operation direction of the steering wheel 6, so that a driver fatigue reduction effect of the vehicle posture control can be secured appropriately.

A method for implementing an operating strategy for (plug-in) hybrid vehicles. According to the method, it is possible to cause in a particularly advantageous manner an alleviation of the load of a starting device and thereby achieve emission advantages. A correspondingly configured system arrangement is provided for implementing the method. A non-transitory computer-readable medium programmed to execute the method is also provided, in which control commands implement the method and/or operate the proposed system arrangement.

A motor vehicle includes at least two drive motors, an automatic gearbox, and an electronic control unit, which, during a gear ratio adjustment between an engagement and a loading of a shift element, causes the shift element to be loaded with a predefined torque gradient at a first point in time at which at least one tooth-to-tooth position exists, up to a second point in time, cause the predefined torque to be limited to a maximum permissible torque during a predefined waiting period from the second point in time up to a third point in time, and cause the shift element to be further loaded with the previously predefined torque gradient after the waiting period or when the engaged state is detected.