Provided is a control apparatus for a vehicle configured to perform parking assist control, the control apparatus including a first power supply device, a second power supply device, and a power supply circuit, the power supply circuit being configured to, when an abnormality occurs in the first power supply device during the performance of the parking assist control, supply an electric power from the second power supply device to a braking device and a shift switching device, and the braking device and the shift switching device being configured to operate such that a timing at which a current flowing from the second power supply device to the braking device reaches a maximum value and a timing at which a current flowing from the second power supply device to the shift switching device reaches a maximum value do not overlap.

When having determined that an operation of a brake operator is initiated at a first timing and the operation amount continues to increase until a second specific timing arrives to become constant at a second timing, vehicle control means which a vehicle control apparatus comprises executes braking force control in such a manner that a time-differential value of controlled braking force during a first period from the second timing to a first terminal timing matches with a time-differential value of controlled braking force at the second specific timing as well as executes driving force control in such a manner that a time-differential value of the controlled driving force during the first period becomes a value less than or equal to a sum of a time-differential value of the controlled driving force at the second specific timing and a time-differential value of operation braking force at the second specific timing.

An apparatus for operating a pedestrian detection and collision mitigation system (PDCMS) of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a front detection sensor that detects a pedestrian in a driving lane of the vehicle and a distance and a relative speed between the pedestrian and the vehicle. A vehicle sensor detects a vehicle speed and a controller executes the PDCMS function based on information detected by the front detection sensor and the vehicle sensor. A warning unit then outputs a notification to a driver regarding a collision of the pedestrian with the vehicle.

The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of achieving appropriate cornering during cruise control of a straddle-type vehicle.

In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, during the cruise control, in which acceleration/deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle is automatically controlled without relying on an accelerating/decelerating operation by a driver, an entry of a curved road is detected on the basis of a predicted route of the straddle-type vehicle, and the straddle-type vehicle is decelerated at a time point before the straddle-type vehicle reaches the entry.

A collision avoidance support device comprises target detection unit, target type determination unit, relative position determination unit, target track prediction unit, and vehicle track prediction unit, obstacle determination unit. The vehicle track prediction unit is configured to enlarge the width of a vehicle predicted track compared with a case where an enlargement condition is not satisfied when the enlargement condition is satisfied. The enlargement condition is satisfied when the relative position determination unit detects that a target determined to be a pedestrian by the target type determination unit is positioned on a travel lane at least once.

A vehicle control method is applied to a vehicle 1 in which a front wheel 2 is driven by an engine 4, and the method includes a basic torque setting step of setting basic torque to be generated by the engine 4, based on an operational state of the vehicle 1; an acceleration torque setting step of setting acceleration torque, based on a reduction in steering angle of a steering apparatus 5 mounted on the vehicle 1; a torque generation step of controlling the engine 4 so that torque based on the basic torque and the acceleration torque is generated; and an acceleration torque changing step of changing the acceleration torque, based on a vehicle-width-direction mounting position of a steering wheel 6 and an operation direction of the steering wheel 6 when the steering angle is reduced. Thus, vehicle posture control is performed in consideration of the vehicle-width-direction mounting position of the steering wheel 6 and the operation direction of the steering wheel 6, so that a driver fatigue reduction effect of the vehicle posture control can be secured appropriately.

The present invention provides a control method for automatic holding, a vehicle's brake system and a brake control module thereof. The vehicle's brake system comprises two brake control modules and electromechanical brakes controlled by the brake control modules, a drive motor and a drive motor controller for controlling the drive motor. The control method comprises: after the vehicle transitions from moving to stationary, controlling the electromechanical brakes to continuously provide a brake torque, wherein the brake torque is a sum of the effective brake torque and a margin brake torque; and continuously outputting a drive-off signal to the drive motor controller to control the drive motor not to provide drive torque; until a driver requested drive torque is continuously increased to a critical torque which is close to the effective brake torque.

A vehicle control method is applied to a vehicle 1 in which a front wheel 2 is driven by an engine 4, and the method includes a basic torque setting step of setting basic torque to be generated by the engine 4, based on an operational state of the vehicle 1; an acceleration torque setting step of setting acceleration torque, based on a reduction in steering angle of a steering apparatus 5 mounted on the vehicle 1; a torque generation step of controlling the engine 4 so that torque based on the basic torque and the acceleration torque is generated; and an acceleration torque changing step of changing the acceleration torque, based on a vehicle-width-direction mounting position of a steering wheel 6 and an operation direction of the steering wheel 6 when the steering angle is reduced. Thus, vehicle posture control is performed in consideration of the vehicle-width-direction mounting position of the steering wheel 6 and the operation direction of the steering wheel 6, so that a driver fatigue reduction effect of the vehicle posture control can be secured appropriately.

A transmission is subject to gear shift management that provides for shifting gears in a controlled manner in order to provide for a simplification of part and reduction in system complexity. In particular, a range synchronizer component can be replaced with a simplified range jaw clutch, without incurring a requirement for an installation of other components such as a motor generator or starter-generator.

A brake control device is applied to a vehicle including a regenerative generator. The brake control device includes a pressure adjustment unit that includes an electric pump and a pressure adjustment valve, and that adjusts adjustment liquid pressure of a pressure adjustment fluid path between the electric pump and the pressure adjustment valve; and a controller that controls the electric pump and the pressure adjustment valve. The controller, before starting a replacement operation to replace a regenerative braking force by the regenerative generator with a friction braking force by the adjustment liquid pressure, performs preceding pressurization to increase the adjustment liquid pressure from “0” and maintain the adjustment liquid pressure at predetermined liquid pressure, and after performing the preceding pressurization, increases the adjustment liquid pressure more than the predetermined liquid pressure by increasing a rotation speed of the electric pump, and then execute the replacement operation.