US 12,466,368 B2
Vehicle stop holding device
Yuma Ito, Obu (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,476.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-003879 (JP), filed on Jan. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239315 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 8/88 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 8/17 (2013.01) [B60T 8/885 (2013.01); B60T 2220/00 (2013.01); B60T 2220/04 (2013.01); B60T 2220/06 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle stop holding device for holding a stop state of a vehicle, the vehicle stop holding device comprising:
a brake holding device comprising an electronic parking brake, the brake holding device configured to activate and deactivate a parking brake of the vehicle;
a brake device configured to control braking force applied to wheels of the vehicle to stop the vehicle; and
a processor configured to
start execution of a backup control for holding the stop state of the vehicle,
determine whether a getting-off operation of a driver of the vehicle is detected while the vehicle is stopped by the brake device, the getting-off operation including releasing a seat belt by the driver and opening a door of the vehicle by the driver, and
output a brake operation request requesting an operation of the brake device to the driver and simultaneously release brake of the brake device in a case where the getting-off operation is detected during a period from start of the execution of the backup control until completion of the backup control, wherein the brake holding device is different from the brake device.