Brake control apparatus and method
US7000998B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S188/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A brake control apparatus includes a vehicle sensor to sense a vehicle condition, and a control unit to start a hill hold control to hold a vehicle in a stop state by a braking force produced by a brake actuator even after an end of the driver's braking operation, in accordance with a hill hold control start adjustment parameter determined from the sensed vehicle condition. The parameter may be a variable indicative of a gradient of a road.
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