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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Kazutoshi Nozaki, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Kazutoshi Nozaki, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/20 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A target deceleration of a vehicle is increased or decreased under given conditions and braking force is controlled in accordance with the increased or decreased target deceleration. Upon the increase or decrease in the target deceleration, the rate of change in the target deceleration is variably set.