Control apparatus for vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11378031
APP PUB NO 20210131370A1
SERIAL NO

17071023

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A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a characteristic storage portion configured to store therein torque-characteristic information representing an output torque characteristic as a characteristic of an output torque of an engine of the vehicle, which has appeared in a certain control operation, such that the stored torque-characteristic information is divided into a plurality of groups corresponding to respective refueling points that provide the fuel; and a factor determination portion configured, when the output torque characteristic represented by the torque-characteristic information belonging to one of the plurality of groups and the output torque characteristic represented by the torque-characteristic information belonging to another one of the plurality of groups are different from each other and a characteristic difference therebetween is not smaller than a threshold value, to determine that the characteristic difference is caused by a difference in a property of the fuel.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kitahata, Takeshi Toyota, JP 51 446
Miyasaka, Kenji Toyota, JP 28 390
Nakawatari, Kodo Nagakute, JP 3 11
Okuda, Koichi Toyota, JP 202 811
Tabata, Atsushi Okazaki, JP 487 8145

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