IP Library Granted Patent US 12,466,368
Granted Patent B2
US 12,466,368 · App. 18/489,476 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Vehicle stop holding device

Inventor: Yuma Ito (Obu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60T8/17B60T8/885B60T2220/00B60T2220/04B60T2220/06
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Patent No.
US 12,466,368
App. No.
18/489,476
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle stop holding device for holding a stop of a vehicle includes a ECU for starting execution of a backup control for holding a stop state of the vehicle by a brake holding device when an operation of getting off the driver of the vehicle is detected while the vehicle is stopped by the brake device, and ECU outputs a brake operation request for requesting an operation of the brake device to the driver and releases the brake of the brake device when both a release operation of the seat belt by the driver of the vehicle and an opening operation which is an operation for opening the door are detected during a period from the start of the execution of the backup control until the completion of the completion.

Claims (20)

1 . A vehicle stop holding device for holding a stop state of a vehicle, the vehicle stop holding device comprising:

a brake holding device comprising an electronic parking brake, the brake holding device configured to activate and deactivate a parking brake of the vehicle;

a brake device configured to control braking force applied to wheels of the vehicle to stop the vehicle; and

a processor configured to

start execution of a backup control for holding the stop state of the vehicle,

determine whether a getting-off operation of a driver of the vehicle is detected while the vehicle is stopped by the brake device, the getting-off operation including releasing a seat belt by the driver and opening a door of the vehicle by the driver, and

output a brake operation request requesting an operation of the brake device to the driver and simultaneously release brake of the brake device in a case where the getting-off operation is detected during a period from start of the execution of the backup control until completion of the backup control, wherein the brake holding device is different from the brake device.

2 . The vehicle stop holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the backup control is in a normal condition and whether an accelerator operation or a brake operation by the driver is detected, and

in a case where the processor determines that the getting-off operation is not detected and determines that the backup control is not in the normal condition during the period from the start of the execution of the backup control until the completion of the backup control, the processor is configured to output the brake operation request and determine whether the accelerator operation or the brake operation by the driver is detected; and

in a case where the processor determines that the accelerator operation or the brake operation is detected, the processor is configured to release the brake of the brake device.

3 . The vehicle stop holding device according to claim 2 , wherein, in a case where the processor determines that the accelerator operation or the brake operation is detected, and the getting-off operation is detected, the processor is configured to release the brake of the brake device.

4 . The vehicle stop holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect whether the backup control is in a normal condition, and

in a case where the processor determines that the getting-off operation is not detected, the backup control is not in the normal condition during the period from the start of the execution of the backup control until the completion of the backup control, and a time elapsed from detection of the getting-off operation is within a predetermined time, the processor is configured to release the brake of the brake device.

5 . The vehicle stop holding device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the backup control is in a normal condition and whether an accelerator operation or a brake operation by the driver is detected, and

in a case where the processor determines that the getting-off operation is not detected and the backup control is not in the normal condition during the period from the start of the execution of the backup control until the completion of the backup control, the accelerator operation or the brake operation by the driver is detected or the getting-off operation is detected when the elapsed time from the detection of the getting-off operation exceeds the predetermined time, the processor is configured to release the brake of the brake device.

6 . The vehicle stop holding device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether an accelerator operation or a brake operation by the driver is detected, and

in a case where the processor determines that the getting-off operation is not detected and the backup control is not in the normal condition during the period from the start of the execution of the backup control until the completion of the backup control, and an accelerator operation or a brake operation by the driver is detected or both a releasing operation of the seat belt by the driver of the vehicle and an opening operation that is an operation for opening the door are not detected when the elapsed time from the detection of the getting-off operation exceeds the predetermined time, the processor is configured not to release the brake of the brake device.

7 . The vehicle stop holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the brake device is a hydraulic brake.

8 . The vehicle stop holding device according to claim 1 , the vehicle stop holding device further comprising an internal sensor includes a sensor that detects the getting-off operation.

9 . The vehicle stop holding device according to claim 8 , wherein the internal sensor includes a seat belt sensor that detects a release operation of the seat belt as the getting-off operation, and a door opening sensor that detects an opening operation that is an operation for opening the door as the getting-off operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2023
From: ITO, YUMA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065270/0039 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-003879 · Jan 13, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240239315A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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