Subaru Corporation

Makoto Sonoki

Osamu Saito

Yuki Yoshida

Harunobu Horiguchi

Yuki Sugimoto

Yohei Kawashima

Satoru Kuwahara

Hideo Yagata

Katsuya Tomiie

Masashi Ban

A driving support apparatus includes a drive source, a brake detector, a vehicle velocity detector, a wheel velocity detector, and a driving force controller. The drive source is configured to give driving force to each of drive wheels capable of being independently driven. The brake detector is configured to detect depression of a brake pedal. The vehicle velocity detector is configured to detect vehicle velocity of a vehicle. The wheel velocity detector is configured to detect wheel velocity of each of the drive wheels. The driving force controller is configured to control the driving force for each of the drive wheels.

Driving support apparatus

A braking control apparatus to be installed an electric vehicle includes an acceleration and deceleration operation member, a controller, and a recognizer. The acceleration and deceleration operation member receives an acceleration request in accordance with an operation amount in a first direction from a neutral position, and receive a deceleration request in accordance with an operation amount in a second direction from the neutral position. The controller controls an amount of power regenerated by a rotary electric machine driven by wheels in accordance with the operation amount in the second direction. The recognizer recognizes a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the electric vehicle. Upon detection of the preceding vehicle at a relative distance from the electric vehicle that is equal to or less than a threshold, the controller performs braking suppression control to decrease the amount of power regenerated in accordance with the operation amount in the second direction.

Braking control apparatus with adjustable power regeneration in accordance with relative distance from a preceding vehicle

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Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Sonoki