Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an information acquirer configured to acquire vehicle surrounding information, and a controller configured to execute driving assistance control. The controller is configured to set a first line as a target traveling line when an operation status of the driving assistance control is ON. The controller is configured to set, when a driving switching request is made, the target traveling line to cause a vehicle to travel along a second line displaced from the first line by a predetermined displacement amount after a specific timing that is a timing when a predetermined time has elapsed from a requested timing.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes an information acquirer configured to acquire vehicle surrounding information, and a controller configured to execute driving assistance control. The controller is configured to set a first line as a target traveling line when an operation status of the driving assistance control is ON. The controller is configured to set, when a driving switching request is made, the target traveling line to cause a vehicle to travel along a second line displaced from the first line by a predetermined displacement amount after a specific timing that is a timing when a predetermined time has elapsed from a requested timing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle involves determining if the vehicle is swaying and if the vehicle is swaying, reducing a torque of an engine of the vehicle and/or applying independent braking forces to each wheel of the vehicle. A vehicle for controlling vehicle sway includes an engine, a plurality of wheels, a braking system configured to apply independent braking forces to each wheel, and a controller configured to control the engine and the braking system. The controller is configured to determine a correlation coefficient in accordance with any phase shift occurring between a yaw acceleration signal and a lateral acceleration signal. The correlation coefficient is compared to a threshold value to determine whether the vehicle is swaying. If the vehicle is swaying, the controller causes a torque of the engine to be reduced and/or braking forces to be applied independently to each wheel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle involves determining if the vehicle is swaying and if the vehicle is swaying, reducing a torque of an engine of the vehicle and/or applying independent braking forces to each wheel of the vehicle. A vehicle for controlling vehicle sway includes an engine, a plurality of wheels, a braking system configured to apply independent braking forces to each wheel, and a controller configured to control the engine and the braking system. The controller is configured to determine a correlation coefficient in accordance with any phase shift occurring between a yaw acceleration signal and a lateral acceleration signal. The correlation coefficient is compared to a threshold value to determine whether the vehicle is swaying. If the vehicle is swaying, the controller causes a torque of the engine to be reduced and/or braking forces to be applied independently to each wheel.

Abstract: A weight-related physical quantity estimating system and a control device according to the present invention are applied to a vehicle including a braking force changing device for changing the relationship between the braking force of front wheels and the braking force of rear wheels in accordance with the position of a displacement member which moves in accordance with the supporting load of the rear wheels. The weight-related physical quantity estimating system estimates the supporting load of the rear wheels on the basis of the braking forces of the front wheels and the rear wheels, and estimates at least one of the longitudinal position of the gravity center of the vehicle, the supporting load of the front wheels and the total weight of the vehicle, as a physical quantity relating to the weight of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided in a vehicle, in which front wheels are provided so as to be braked by disc brakes and rear wheels are provided so as to be braked by drum brakes, is an automatic braking control section that controls the deceleration of the vehicle by adjusting only the hydraulic pressure applied to the disc brakes when the automatic braking control is performed. Thus, when the automatic braking control is performed, the braking force of the drum brakes is not adjusted and therefore, it is possible to suppress the instability of the deceleration of the vehicle caused by adjusting the braking force of the drum brakes of which the braking force is difficult to control. As a result, it is possible to stabilize braking when the automatic braking is performed.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided in which, when a slip between a wheel and a road surface is increased, a driving and braking control is performed to reduce the slip. A change rate in a wheel vertical load is determined. A mode of the driving and braking control is changed based on the determined change rate. The change of mode may be performed by changing at least one of the start of the driving and braking control, the reduction rate or the lower bound during the temporary reduction of the braking force or driving force, and the increasing rate during increasing the braking or driving force after the temporary reduction, or the like, according to the change rate in the wheel vertical load.