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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1998
Yoshimichi Kawamoto, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle capable of performing automatic driving can be braked with a hydraulic braking pressure produced by a master cylinder having a vacuum booster and a hydraulic braking pressure produced by a hydraulic pressure pump provided to an ABS/B-TCS hydraulic pressure control unit. During normal braking, the vehicle performs braking with the hydraulic braking pressure produced by the master cylinder, by controlling a linear solenoid of the vacuum booster in accordance with a command from an automatic driving electronic control unit. If an insufficient braking force is obtained from the hydraulic braking pressure produced by the master cylinder or a failure occurs in the braking system of the master cylinder, the vehicle performs emergency braking with the hydraulic braking pressure produced by the hydraulic pressure pump of the ABS/B-TCS hydraulic pressure control unit HU.