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Title:
TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE, AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/152749
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In the present invention: a road information acquisition unit (12a) acquires road information about a prescribed section of road ahead of a vehicle traveling at a first shift position; a vehicle information acquisition unit (12b) acquires vehicle information; a speed prediction unit (12c) predicts, on the basis of the road information and the vehicle information, the speed transition in the prescribed section for when the vehicle will have traveled through the prescribed section at the first shift position; and a gearshift control unit (12d) causes a transmission (5) to downshift to a second shift position when the minimum value of the predicted vehicle speed is less than a prescribed speed.

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Inventors:
ISHIGURO SHINICHI (JP)
NISHIMURA NOBUYUKI (JP)
NISHIKIMI MASAO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/058628
Publication Date:
September 29, 2016
Filing Date:
March 18, 2016
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Assignee:
ISUZU MOTORS LTD (JP)
International Classes:
F16H61/02; F16H59/18; F16H59/44; F16H59/66
Foreign References:
JP2013130239A2013-07-04
JPH0742820A1995-02-10
JP2009115270A2009-05-28
Other References:
See also references of EP 3276222A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WASHIDA, KIMIHITO (JP)
Koichi Washida (JP)
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