| US 7,478,887 B2 | ||
| Brake control device and brake control method | ||
| Eiji Nakamura, Nishikamo-gun (Japan); Yasuji Mizutani, Brussels (Belgium); and Takayuki Yamamoto, Aichi-gun (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 20, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/961,437. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-343841 (JP), filed on Dec. 21, 2006; and application No. 2007-316435 (JP), filed on Dec. 06, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0150352 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60T 8/48 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 303—113.4 [303/122.11] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A brake control device, comprising:
a control unit that determines a braking request by a driver occurred when a brake-on determination condition is satisfied
and determines a braking cancellation occurred when a brake-off determination condition is satisfied,
wherein the control unit determines whether the brake-on determination condition is satisfied by performing a first determination
that determines whether the braking request occurred based on a first plurality of input signals, and by performing a second
determination that determines whether the braking request occurred based on a second plurality of input signals, and
wherein the control unit determines whether the brake-off determination condition is satisfied by performing a third determination
that determines whether the braking cancellation occurred based on a third plurality of input signals, and by performing a
fourth determination that determines whether the braking cancellation has occurred based on a fourth plurality of input signals.
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