Braking control system for vehicle
First Claim
1. A braking control system for a vehicle, comprisingan object detecting device for detecting an object existing ahead of the vehicle in the direction of movement of the vehicle, a braking device for braking the vehicle, a determining means for determining the possibility of contact of the vehicle with the object from the relative positional relationship between the vehicle and the object, based on a result of the detecting conducted by said object detecting device, and an automatic braking means for operating said braking device based on the result of the determining conducted by said determining means to carry out an automatic braking operation, wherein said braking control system further includes a braking-intention detecting means for detecting a driver'"'"'s braking intention, so that said automatic braking means assists in the braking operation conducted by the driver, when the driver'"'"'s braking intention is detected by said braking-intention detecting means during the automatic braking operation conducted by said automatic braking means.
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Abstract
When a radar device S1 detects an object existing ahead of a vehicle in the movement direction of the vehicle, a determining device M1 determines a possibility of contact of the vehicle with the object from the relative positional relationship between the vehicle and the object, based on the result of such detection. If it is determined there is the possibility of contact, an automatic braking device M2 operates a vacuum booster 2 to carry out an automatic braking operation to avoid the contact of the vehicle with the object. When a braking-will detecting device M3 detects a driver'"'"'s braking will during the automatic braking operation by the automatic braking device M2, an emergency-degree presuming device M4 presumes a degree of emergency in the driver'"'"'s braking will, and the automatic braking device M2 generates the braking force corresponding to the degree of emergency to assist in the braking operation of the driver. This enables a smooth switch-over from the avoidance of the contact by the automatic braking operation to the avoidance of the contact by the driver'"'"'s braking operation, and a high braking force assisted by the automatic braking operation can be generated to effectively avoid the contact.
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1. A braking control system for a vehicle, comprising
an object detecting device for detecting an object existing ahead of the vehicle in the direction of movement of the vehicle, a braking device for braking the vehicle, a determining means for determining the possibility of contact of the vehicle with the object from the relative positional relationship between the vehicle and the object, based on a result of the detecting conducted by said object detecting device, and an automatic braking means for operating said braking device based on the result of the determining conducted by said determining means to carry out an automatic braking operation, wherein said braking control system further includes a braking-intention detecting means for detecting a driver'"'"'s braking intention, so that said automatic braking means assists in the braking operation conducted by the driver, when the driver'"'"'s braking intention is detected by said braking-intention detecting means during the automatic braking operation conducted by said automatic braking means.
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