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Granted Patent B2
US 11,981,314 · App. 17/763,143 · Granted May 14, 2024

Vehicle control device

Inventor: Shinichiro Fukazawa (Fujisawa, JP)
Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
B60T8/172B60T7/12B60T8/171B60T8/321B60T2210/20B60T2230/02B60T2250/02
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Patent No.
US 11,981,314
App. No.
17/763,143
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control device 1 has a prediction unit 122 that predicts a stopping position of a vehicle T, a gradient identification unit 123 that identifies the amount of gradient in the road surface at the stopping position predicted by the prediction unit 122 , a weight identification unit 124 that identifies the weight of the vehicle T, and a braking control unit 125 that brakes the vehicle T by changing the pressure of the brakes of the vehicle T at a changing velocity determined on the basis of the amount of gradient identified by the gradient identification unit 123 and the weight of the vehicle T.

Claims (12)

1. A vehicle control device comprising:

a prediction unit that predicts a stop position of a vehicle;

a gradient specifying unit that specifies a gradient amount of a road surface at the stop position predicted by the prediction unit;

a weight specifying unit that specifies a weight of the vehicle; and

a braking control unit that brakes the vehicle by changing a brake pressure of the vehicle at a change speed determined based on the gradient amount specified by the gradient specifying unit and the weight of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the braking control unit increases the change speed as the gradient amount specified by the gradient specifying unit increases.

3. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the braking control unit increases the change speed as the weight specified by the weight specifying unit increases.

4. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gradient specifying unit specifies a plurality of gradient amounts at a plurality of points between the stop position and a current position of the vehicle at a time when the vehicle is detected to stop, and

the braking control unit determines the change speed based on the plurality of gradient amounts.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: FUKAZAWA, SHINICHIRO
To: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059382/0013 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-173072 · Sep 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220348173A1 · Nov 3, 2022
Cited By (1)
US 12,311,938