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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 1/366 ; B60J 8/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 1/366 ; B60J 8/32 ;
Abstract
A braking force control device and method performs brake assist control. A timer CT begins to count the elapsed time, for example, from when the elevation gradient &Dgr;P,of a master cylinder pressure P,becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold value TH,. It is determined that an emergency brake operation is executed, when the master cylinder pressure P,becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold value TH,before a predetermined time has passed, and then the brake assist control starts.