US 12,434,691 B2
Braking control apparatus
Syogo Matsunaga, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,997.
Application 18/047,997 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/015067, filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-075255 (JP), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059051 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/0953 (2013.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A braking control apparatus for controlling a braking operation for an own vehicle, the braking control apparatus being configured to:
acquire information on an object detected around the own vehicle;
calculate, when a collision between the own vehicle and the object is predicted based on both an estimated route of the object estimated based on the acquired information on the object and an estimated route of the own vehicle, a collision range in the own vehicle, which includes a collision point in the own vehicle, at a collision timing between the own vehicle and the object; and
control, according to a positional relationship between a predetermined braking-unrequired range in the own vehicle and the calculated collision range in the own vehicle, whether to perform the braking operation for the own vehicle.