A forward information acquisition unit acquires a road profile ahead of the own vehicle. A position acquisition unit acquires a current position of the own vehicle. A state acquisition unit acquires a current speed of the own vehicle. A command calculation unit calculates a target speed at each point on a road ahead of the own vehicle, based on the road profile and the current position, and calculates a drive command for driving the own vehicle in the longitudinal direction of the own vehicle, based on the target speed and the current speed. The road profile includes a road gradient. The command calculation unit is configured to adjust the drive command, based on variation in the road gradient and Gzmax that is an acceleration limit limiting acceleration of the own vehicle in the vertical direction.

A brake control device is applied to a brake device that controls a front-wheel braking force and a rear-wheel braking force. The brake control device includes a ratio calculation circuit that calculates a target front and rear braking force distribution ratio based on a target pitch angle, and a brake control circuit that performs a stability control by operating the brake device based on the target front and rear braking force distribution ratio during braking.

In a vehicle, application of hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic braking device is started, when an accelerator is turned on, and the accelerator is predicted to be turned off, and engine braking feeling is predicted to become insufficient, the engine braking feeling being deceleration feeling given to a driver when the accelerator is turned off and an engine brake is operated, and a predetermined condition that prediction time until the accelerator is turned off is shorter than dead time of a hydraulic pressure response of the hydraulic braking device is established. The hydraulic braking device generates a negative jerk in the vehicle when the accelerator is turned off upon lapse of dead time after application of the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic braking device is started.

A vehicle brake system installed on a vehicle equipped with an electric motor that applies a drive force to a wheel, including: a brake device configured to apply a braking force to the wheel; and a brake controller configured to control the braking force, wherein the brake controller is configured to execute a swinging-back reducing control for reducing swinging-back of a body of the vehicle on stopping by weakening the braking force immediately before the vehicle stops, based on a motor-rotation-speed-dependent running speed that is a running speed of the vehicle detected in dependence on a rotation speed of the electric motor.

A comfort brake control system and control method for a vehicle are disclosed. The vehicle has multiple optional comfort brake levels, and each comfort brake level includes one or more brake parameters corresponding to the comfort brake level. The comfort brake control system includes: a human-machine interaction interface, configured to provide an interface for modifying the one or more brake parameters and receive a modification to at least one of the one or more brake parameters; and a comfort brake module, configured to determine whether the modification satisfies a safety requirement, allow the modification when it is determined that the modification satisfies the safety requirement, and prohibit the modification when it is determined that the modification does not satisfy the safety requirement; wherein the comfort brake module is further configured to assess a comfort degree of vehicle braking after the modification if it is determined that the modification satisfies the safety requirement.

A method for controlling braking of a vehicle includes determining a natural frequency of a vehicle suspension pitch motion according to characteristics of a suspension, providing a first filter configured to remove or decrease the natural frequency component of the vehicle suspension pitch motion and a second filter configured to extract or increase the natural frequency component of the vehicle suspension pitch motion, determining a total requested braking force command based on vehicle driving information collected while the vehicle is driven, determining a post-filter application total braking force command through a processing procedure by the first filter, determining a braking force compensation amount through a processing procedure by the second filter, and compensating for the post-filter application total braking force command using the braking force compensation amount, and controlling a braking force, which is applied to a wheel, using the post-compensation total braking force command.

A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle suitable for an automatic/manual driving mode vehicle that employs brakes capable of controlling braking forces of four wheels. A vehicle control device including a pitch angle adjustment unit that adjusts a pitch angle, which is an inclination of a vehicle generated in the vehicle when braking the vehicle, or a change amount of the pitch angle, the pitch angle adjustment unit adjusting the pitch angle according to a traveling mode of the vehicle instructed by a host controller provided in the vehicle.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to reduce end of stop jerk are disclosed. An example vehicle includes a user interface, a brake system, and a controller to execute instructions to detect a command to engage the brake system at a command brake pressure, estimate a time until the vehicle comes to a stop, and in response to determining that the time satisfies a time threshold, engage the brake system at a delivered brake pressure less than the command brake pressure.

Provided is a vehicle control device capable of improving the riding comfort of a vehicle during parking control. A vehicle control device 10 includes: a distance measuring unit 14 that measures a distance between a position of a vehicle and a target stop position of the vehicle; and an acceleration setting unit 15 that sets an acceleration profile, which is a time change of a target value of acceleration during deceleration of the vehicle, according to the distance based on a jerk profile 15a, which is a time change of a target value of jerk during deceleration of the vehicle.

A vehicle control method for a vehicle (1) comprises the steps: when an output torque of an engine (4) is equal to or greater than a given value, reducing the output torque in accordance with an increase in steering angle of the vehicle; setting, in accordance with a decrease in the steering angle, a first yaw moment instruction value whose direction is reverse to that of a yaw rate being generated in the vehicle; when the output torque is less than the given value, applying a braking force to road wheels, based on the first yaw moment instruction value; and, when the output torque is equal to or greater than the given value, applying a braking force to the road wheels, based on a second yaw moment instruction value smaller than the first yaw moment instruction value.