Provided is a brake control apparatus configured to: set a target slip degree of each of three wheels other than an outer front wheel to a slip degree of the outer front wheel; perform feedback control so that an actual slip degree of each of the three wheels becomes close to the target slip degree; and decrease a feedback control amount of a wheel which is to be controlled to increase an anti-spin yaw moment when an understeer suppression condition is satisfied.

A driving assistance system includes at least one receiving module designed to receive perception data from a driving environment, a control module designed to control an on-board system, a conversion module designed to generate, on the basis of the perception data, a plurality of instances of classes of an ontology stored by the driving assistance system and defining relations between classes, and a reasoning tool designed to deduce, on the basis of the ontology, at least one property of an instance of the plurality. The control module is designed to control the on-board system on the basis of the deduced property.

A driving assistance system includes at least one receiving module designed to receive perception data from a driving environment, a control module designed to control an on-board system, a conversion module designed to generate, on the basis of the perception data, a plurality of instances of classes of an ontology stored by the driving assistance system and defining relations between classes, and a reasoning tool designed to deduce, on the basis of the ontology, at least one property of an instance of the plurality. The control module is designed to control the on-board system on the basis of the deduced property.

A vehicle brake system for giving an excellent brake feeling to a driver includes: a stroke detector configured to detect a stroke of a brake pedal; a brake fluid pressure generator including a motor actuator and configured to generate a brake fluid pressure by operation of the motor actuator, and a controller configured to control the operation of the motor actuator on the basis of a detected value by the stroke detector. The controller has a base required-deceleration map for obtaining a base required-deceleration associated with a detected value by the stroke detector; a responsive-feeling required-deceleration map for obtaining a responsive-feeling required-deceleration associated with the detected value by the stroke detector; and a phase-lag processor applying phase-lag processing on the responsive-feeling required-deceleration, and control the operation of the motor actuator on the basis of the required-deceleration and the responsive-feeling required-deceleration applied with the phase-lag processing.

A vehicle brake system for giving an excellent brake feeling to a driver includes: a stroke detector configured to detect a stroke of a brake pedal; a brake fluid pressure generator including a motor actuator and configured to generate a brake fluid pressure by operation of the motor actuator, and a controller configured to control the operation of the motor actuator on the basis of a detected value by the stroke detector. The controller has a base required-deceleration map for obtaining a base required-deceleration associated with a detected value by the stroke detector; a responsive-feeling required-deceleration map for obtaining a responsive-feeling required-deceleration associated with the detected value by the stroke detector; and a phase-lag processor applying phase-lag processing on the responsive-feeling required-deceleration, and control the operation of the motor actuator on the basis of the required-deceleration and the responsive-feeling required-deceleration applied with the phase-lag processing.

A vehicle behavior stabilization apparatus 10 as a vehicle control system includes: a selector position sensor 28 configured to detect a selector position selected in accordance with an operation of a selector lever 52, and wheel velocity sensors 30, 31 configured to measure a direction of travel and a traveling velocity |V| of a vehicle 40, and an ESP-ECU 12 configured to execute velocity reducing control that applies a braking force with wheel cylinders 36 in a case where the measured direction of travel is different from a tendency of behavior corresponding to the detected selector position and the measured traveling velocity |V| is larger than a threshold value Vth.

A vehicle behavior stabilization apparatus 10 as a vehicle control system includes: a selector position sensor 28 configured to detect a selector position selected in accordance with an operation of a selector lever 52, and wheel velocity sensors 30, 31 configured to measure a direction of travel and a traveling velocity |V| of a vehicle 40, and an ESP-ECU 12 configured to execute velocity reducing control that applies a braking force with wheel cylinders 36 in a case where the measured direction of travel is different from a tendency of behavior corresponding to the detected selector position and the measured traveling velocity |V| is larger than a threshold value Vth.

In a method for providing the clamping force generated by a parking brake, the roadway incline is measured and in the case that the roadway incline exceeds a threshold value, a reengagement process is carried out after a defined time period has elapsed.

In a method for providing the clamping force generated by a parking brake, the roadway incline is measured and in the case that the roadway incline exceeds a threshold value, a reengagement process is carried out after a defined time period has elapsed.

The present invention provides an obstacle detecting system and method. The obstacle detecting system includes: a transmitting unit which emits a laser signal; a MEMS scanning mirror which scans detecting regions set at an angle of view at which obstacles in front of a vehicle are detected and a cut-in situation when a vehicle in a next lane suddenly cuts in is detected, and divides the detecting regions into a plurality of regions to scan the plurality of regions at different point intervals; a receiving unit which receives the laser signal transmitted from the MEMS scanning mirror to detect information on an object detected in the detecting regions; and a processing unit which detects the obstacles and the cut-in situation through the information detected in the receiving unit to issue an alarm or transmit a braking command.