Provided is a brake control apparatus and a brake system capable of improving reliability of a performance of holding a hydraulic pressure in a wheel cylinder. A brake control apparatus includes a first valve provided in a first oil passage connecting a hydraulic source configured to supply brake fluid to a wheel cylinder and the wheel cylinder to each other, a return flow oil passage connected to the first oil passage between the hydraulic source and the first valve and configured to return the brake fluid supplied from the hydraulic source to a low-pressure portion, a pressure adjustment valve provided in the return flow oil passage and configured to adjust a brake hydraulic pressure in the first oil passage, and a hydraulic holding portion configured to hold a hydraulic pressure in the wheel cylinder set by a brake hydraulic pressure supplied from the hydraulic source to the wheel cylinder by activating the pressure adjustment valve and the first valve in respective valve-closing directions.

A method for controlling brakes is provided. The method comprises detecting an imminent skid by an anti-skid controller/deceleration controller (ASK/DK). The ASK/DK outputs at least one of a negative desired pressure command to a pressure control unit (PK) in response to detecting the imminent skid and causes a current command output from the PK to be reduced to release braking pressure if the negative desired pressure command minus a measured feedback pressure is greater than a deadband of the PK or outputs a negative desired force command to a force control unit (ForK) in response to detecting the imminent skid and causing a current command output from the ForK to be reduced to release braking force if the negative desired force command minus a measured feedback force is greater than a deadband of the Fork. A brake control system is also provided.

A method for controlling brakes is provided. The method comprises detecting an imminent skid by an anti-skid controller/deceleration controller (ASK/DK). The ASK/DK outputs at least one of a negative desired pressure command to a pressure control unit (PK) in response to detecting the imminent skid and causes a current command output from the PK to be reduced to release braking pressure if the negative desired pressure command minus a measured feedback pressure is greater than a deadband of the PK or outputs a negative desired force command to a force control unit (ForK) in response to detecting the imminent skid and causing a current command output from the ForK to be reduced to release braking force if the negative desired force command minus a measured feedback force is greater than a deadband of the Fork. A brake control system is also provided.

Embodiments of the invention provide a device and method for controlling sway of a trailer utilizing a global positioning system (GPS) device to detect a speed of a vehicle, a rate gyro to detect a sway angle of the vehicle, and a controller coupled to the GPS device and the rate gyro. The GPS and the rate gyro provide the speed and the sway angle to the controller and the controller outputs a brake command if either a first condition is satisfied or a second condition is satisfied.

Embodiments of the invention provide a device and method for controlling sway of a trailer utilizing a global positioning system (GPS) device to detect a speed of a vehicle, a rate gyro to detect a sway angle of the vehicle, and a controller coupled to the GPS device and the rate gyro. The GPS and the rate gyro provide the speed and the sway angle to the controller and the controller outputs a brake command if either a first condition is satisfied or a second condition is satisfied.

A travel control device that prevents malfunctioning of an intersection AEB system is provided. The travel control device includes a sensor that detects the front side, and a control unit that controls a brake, based on information from the sensor. When determining that a host vehicle is going to traverse an intersection and make a turn, the control unit carries out control for controlling the brake when the speed of an oncoming vehicle is equal to or higher than a given threshold. When determining that the oncoming vehicle detected by the sensor is going to traverse the intersection and make a turn, the control unit increases the threshold.

A travel control device that prevents malfunctioning of an intersection AEB system is provided. The travel control device includes a sensor that detects the front side, and a control unit that controls a brake, based on information from the sensor. When determining that a host vehicle is going to traverse an intersection and make a turn, the control unit carries out control for controlling the brake when the speed of an oncoming vehicle is equal to or higher than a given threshold. When determining that the oncoming vehicle detected by the sensor is going to traverse the intersection and make a turn, the control unit increases the threshold.

An embodiment vehicle includes a transmission configured to set a travel direction of the vehicle, an indoor camera configured to capture a driver of the vehicle, a cluster configured to display information while the vehicle is in operation, and a main controller configured to, in response to the transmission being shifted to reverse, identify whether a gaze of the driver captured by the indoor camera is directed to a rear of the vehicle and, in response to a determination that the gaze of the driver is not directed to the rear, control to display a warning message.

An embodiment vehicle includes a transmission configured to set a travel direction of the vehicle, an indoor camera configured to capture a driver of the vehicle, a cluster configured to display information while the vehicle is in operation, and a main controller configured to, in response to the transmission being shifted to reverse, identify whether a gaze of the driver captured by the indoor camera is directed to a rear of the vehicle and, in response to a determination that the gaze of the driver is not directed to the rear, control to display a warning message.

A vehicle control apparatus which performs a travel control of a vehicle during a traffic jam, includes a wheel setting unit configured to set at least one wheel to be a brake wheel to be applied with a braking force during the travel control and at least one wheel to be a non-brake wheel not to be applied with the braking force during the travel control, and a control unit configured to perform the travel control of the vehicle based on a rotation amount of the at least one brake wheel and a rotation amount of the at least one non-brake wheel detected by a wheel speed sensor detecting the rotation amount of a wheel of the vehicle.