US 12,139,045 B2
Vehicle control method and vehicle
Nozomu Maruhashi, Mishima (JP); Yuichi Shimizu, Okazaki (JP); Toshiki Hara, Ichinomiya (JP); and Yoshitaka Fujita, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and ADVICS CO., LTD., Kariya (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and ADVICS CO., LTD., Kariya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,132.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-196116 (JP), filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173926 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60K 17/356 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60T 8/26 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 7/18 (2013.01) [B60K 17/356 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 8/26 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a vehicle including a brake device configured to change a front-rear distribution ratio of braking force with respect to front and rear wheels, the method comprising:
controlling the brake device such that the front-rear distribution ratio is in accordance with a fixed distribution characteristic in which the front-rear distribution ratio is constant regardless of deceleration of the vehicle in at least a part of a first range being a required deceleration range lower than a lower limit value of the deceleration perceivable by a person in the vehicle; and
controlling the brake device such that the front-rear distribution ratio is biased toward the rear wheel than that in the fixed distribution characteristic in a second range in which the deceleration is higher than that in the first range.