US 12,172,618 B2
Braking control apparatus
Takashi Takeda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,168.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-125196 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033946 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 7/22 (2013.01) [B60T 8/172 (2013.01); B60T 2201/024 (2013.01); B60T 2201/12 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A braking control apparatus to be applied to a vehicle, the braking control apparatus comprising:
a contact determiner configured to determine that the vehicle collides with an object; and
a brake control processor configured to:
in response to detecting (1) brake operation by a driver of the vehicle to cause a brake device to generate a braking force and (2) the object with which the vehicle is likely to collide, perform a pre-crash brake assist control that increases the braking force generated based on the brake operation of the driver;
in response to the contact determiner detecting that the vehicle collides with the object while the pre-crash brake assist control is not being performed, cause the brake device to decelerate the vehicle at a first deceleration rate; and
in response to the contact determiner detecting that the vehicle collides with the object while the pre-crash brake assist control is being performed, cause the brake device to decelerate the vehicle at a second deceleration rate greater than the first deceleration rate.