A method for inertia drive control is provided. The method includes performing advanced inertia drive control by an inertia drive controller. The controller detects a speed reduction event during road driving of a vehicle, lane division together with road type division for a road, and performs inertia drive control guide and the inertia drive control based on drive conditions of lane change and lane maintenance.

A control method, relating to the technical field of automobile intelligent driving includes: determining a target parking spot, and automatically generating target track points, an estimated braking distance, and an estimated coasting distance; calculating the longitudinal distance between the current position and the target end point according to the target track points and the current control deviation; collecting real-time vehicle driving information, and calculating current vehicle speed, slope, and vehicle braking response time information;

updating the longitudinal distance at a fixed frequency according to the longitudinal distance to the target end point and the real-time vehicle speed; on the basis of control state decision logic, performing real-time estimation of the distance to the target parking point to determine the vehicle control state. A system for fixed-point parking in autonomous driving includes a vehicle information collection module, a position estimation module, and a control state decision module.

A method and system for operating a vehicle that includes an automatic transmission with a torque converter clutch is described. In one example, the method includes predicting a time that the torque converter clutch will open so that stopping rotation of the engine may be requested before the torque converter clutch is opened. The stopping rotation of the engine is requested to conserve fuel.

A method, performed by a control device, for starting a combustion engine during free-wheeling with engine off is described. The method comprises a step of controlling the clutch to a partially closed state, thereby starting the combustion engine; a step of controlling the clutch to an open state when the combustion engine has started, but prior to the output shaft of the combustion engine has reached a rotational speed synchronized with the rotational speed of the input shaft of the gearbox; and a step of synchronizing the speed of the combustion engine to the speed of the input shaft of the gearbox through control of fuel injection to the combustion engine.

While an ordinary moving assist control is executed, a vehicle driving assist apparatus stops the ordinary moving assist control and execute an ordinary moving control to accelerate an own vehicle, based on an accelerator pedal operation amount when an accelerator override state is produced due to an operation of an accelerator pedal of the own vehicle. While an economy moving assist control is executed, the vehicle driving assist apparatus accelerates the own vehicle by an optimum acceleration control when an acceleration request condition that the accelerator override state is produced, is satisfied.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for improving predictive cruise control and predictive engine off coasting for a vehicle are provided. An apparatus includes one or more processing circuits having one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive look ahead information and store the look ahead information in the one or more memory devices; receive vehicle information regarding operation of a vehicle including an engine; determine a coasting opportunity for the vehicle based on the look ahead information and the vehicle information; modulate a cruise control set speed based on the determined coasting opportunity; and turn the engine off during the determined coasting opportunity for the vehicle based on modulation of the cruise control set speed.

Methods and systems are presented for improving performance of a vehicle operating in a cruise control mode where a controller adjusts torque output from a vehicle to maintain vehicle speed within a desired range. The methods and systems include adapting a vehicle dynamics model and a vehicle fuel consumption model that provide input to nonlinear model predictive controller.

An object is to provide a vehicle control apparatus capable of enhancing fuel economy when coasting is performed by disconnecting a clutch disposed between an engine and drive wheels of the vehicle. A travel path and a travel pattern of a vehicle are predicted by a vehicle outside information collection device, such as a navigation system. Also, amounts of fuel consumption by normal traveling and coasting are predicted and compared, so that coasting control is performed in a case where an amount of fuel consumption can be reduced by performing the coasting control.

A method for improving operation of a vehicle that includes an engine, a transmission, and a torque converter clutch is disclosed. In one example, the method assesses whether or not driver braking is expected and adjusts driveline braking accordingly. The method freewheels the driveline to extend vehicle coasting when driver braking is not expected and the method increases or decreases driveline braking based on a closing distance between the vehicle and an object in the vehicle's path.

Some embodiments of the present invention comprise a method of controlling a powertrain of a vehicle, the powertrain comprising drive torque means, a transmission and a driveline, the drive torque means comprising an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: detecting that coasting entry criteria have been met; causing the powertrain to assume a first coasting mode for a first time period in which the drive torque means delivers positive drive torque to the driveline to substantially balance powertrain losses; determining a value for at least one parameter, the or each parameter being indicative of: a probability that a demand will be made for torque to be delivered to the driveline in addition to torque delivered to substantially balance powertrain losses; or a probability that a demand will be made for braking of the vehicle; and setting the value of the first time period in dependence on the value of the or each parameter.