Abstract: A vehicle brake system, including: a first-braking-force control mechanism configured to control a first braking force, a second-braking-force control mechanism configured to control a second braking force, an abnormal-state detecting device configured to detect whether the first-braking-force control mechanism is in an abnormal state, a pseudo-abnormal-state detecting device configured to detect whether the first-braking-force control mechanism is in a pseudo abnormal state in which the first-braking-force control mechanism is suspected to be in the abnormal state, and a controller including a pseudo abnormal state controller configured to control the second-braking-force control mechanism in an operating state of the first-braking-force control mechanism so as to control the second braking force when the pseudo-abnormal-state detecting device detects that the first-braking-force control mechanism is in the pseudo abnormal state.

Abstract: A vehicle brake device includes a stroke simulator, a stroke sensor, and a brake start determination unit. The stroke simulator includes a cylinder, a piston, an orifice, and a pressure sensor. The cylinder defines a liquid pressure chamber to which a brake liquid is supplied via a fluid path. The piston slides in the cylinder by the brake liquid supplied to the liquid pressure chamber. The orifice is formed in the fluid path. The pressure sensor detects a reaction pressure. The stroke sensor is configured to detect the stroke. The brake start determination unit determines an operation of the brake operation member has been started in a case where the reaction pressure detected by the pressure sensor becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold value and the stroke detected by the stroke sensor becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold value.

Abstract: The present disclosure comprises a reservoir cutoff valve provided on a pipe and configured to be opened in a non-energization state; a simulator cutoff valve provided on a pipe and configured to be closed in a non-energization state; an operation determination circuit configured to determine whether the brake operation member is in an operation execution state in which the brake operation member is being operated is; and a current control circuit that, when the operation determination circuit determines that the brake operation member is not in an operation execution state, supplies a first current to the reservoir cutoff valve, and when the operation determination circuit determines that the brake operation member is in an operation execution state, supplies a second current greater than the first current to the reservoir cutoff valve.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a brake mechanism and a first power source. The brake mechanism includes: a hydraulic brake provided for a vehicle wheel to suppress rotation of the wheel in accordance with a hydraulic pressure; a hydraulic pressure supply device including a high-pressure source that supplies a high hydraulic pressure, and first and second electromagnetic valves, to supply the hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic brake by controlling the first electromagnetic valve using the hydraulic pressure; and a control device that performs drive assist control by controlling the hydraulic pressure supply device. The first power source supplies power to the brake mechanism. The control device supplies a current to a solenoid of the first electromagnetic valve while suspending supply of a current to a solenoid of the second electromagnetic valve when a voltage of the first power source is lower than a set voltage during the drive assist control.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system, including: a first-braking-force control mechanism configured to control a first braking force, a second-braking-force control mechanism configured to control a second braking force, an abnormal-state detecting device configured to detect whether the first-braking-force control mechanism is in an abnormal state, a pseudo-abnormal-state detecting device configured to detect whether the first-braking-force control mechanism is in a pseudo abnormal state in which the first-braking-force control mechanism is suspected to be in the abnormal state, and a controller including a pseudo abnormal state controller configured to control the second-braking-force control mechanism in an operating state of the first-braking-force control mechanism so as to control the second braking force when the pseudo-abnormal-state detecting device detects that the first-braking-force control mechanism is in the pseudo abnormal state.

Abstract: A braking device includes: a reservoir; a master cylinder in which when the amount of operation performed on a brake pedal reaches or exceeds a predetermined amount, a port communicating between a pressure chamber and the reservoir is cut off and hydraulic pressure corresponding to the brake pedal operation amount is generated; a hydraulic pressure unit for adjusting the wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure; and a control unit for controlling the hydraulic pressure unit. The control unit determines, based on a temperature-related value related to the temperature of a friction member pressed by the wheel cylinder hydraulic pressure against a rotating member fixed to a wheel, whether the friction member is in a fade state. When the friction member is in a fade state, the control unit controls the hydraulic pressure unit to suction brake fluid from the reservoir through the port, and is fed to the wheel cylinder.

Abstract: A braking control device includes an upstream mechanism control unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The upstream mechanism control unit is configured to feedback control the upstream mechanism in such a manner that a detected hydraulic pressure detected by a hydraulic pressure sensor is brought to an upstream target hydraulic pressure. The hydraulic pressure sensor detects a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic pressure circuit. The determination unit is configured to determine, based on the detected hydraulic pressure by the hydraulic pressure sensor, whether hydraulic pressure hunting is occurring. The control unit is configured to control the downstream mechanism based on the upstream target hydraulic pressure and the target wheel pressure in a case where the determination unit determines that the hydraulic pressure hunting is occurring.

Abstract: A braking device includes a stroke simulator, a hydraulic pressure generation unit, a reaction hydraulic pressure detection unit, a master hydraulic pressure detection unit, and a bottoming determination unit. The stroke simulator includes a cylinder and a piston slidably movable inside the cylinder in conjunction with an operation of a brake operation member. The stroke simulator causes a reaction force chamber to generate a reaction hydraulic pressure and applies a reaction force. The hydraulic pressure generation unit generates a master hydraulic pressure by driving a master piston and supplies a hydraulic pressure to a wheel cylinder. The reaction hydraulic pressure detection unit detects the reaction hydraulic pressure. The master hydraulic pressure detection unit detects the master hydraulic pressure. The bottoming determination unit determines whether the master piston is in a bottoming state based on the reaction hydraulic pressure and the master hydraulic pressure.

Abstract: This vehicle brake device comprises: a simultaneous driving determination section which determines whether it is necessary to simultaneously drive an upstream-side motor and a downstream-side motor; and a PWM control section which, when the determination result by the simultaneous driving determination section is in the affirmative, changes the duty ratio of the PWM signal to be output to the upstream-side motor so as to be smaller than when the determination result by the simultaneous driving determination section is in the negative, and uses PWM control to drive the upstream-side motor.

Abstract: This vehicle brake device comprises: a simultaneous driving determination section which determines whether it is necessary to simultaneously drive an upstream-side motor and a downstream-side motor; and a PWM control section which, when the determination result by the simultaneous driving determination section is in the affirmative, changes the duty ratio of the PWM signal to be output to the upstream-side motor so as to be smaller than when the determination result by the simultaneous driving determination section is in the negative, and uses PWM control to drive the upstream-side motor.

Abstract: The vehicular brake device includes a determination unit, a ratio setting unit, and the control unit. The determination unit determines the operating condition of a vehicular brake device. The ratio setting unit sets, on the basis of the result of determination by the determination unit, a first ratio which is the ratio of a wheel pressure generated by a piston drive unit to a target wheel pressure, and a second ratio which is the ratio of a wheel pressure generated by a hydraulic pressure adjusting unit to the target wheel pressure. The control unit controls the piston drive unit and the hydraulic pressure adjusting unit on the basis of the first ratio and the second ratio.

Abstract: The present invention comprises: a first control device and a second control device that control the operation of a vehicle; a start signal output unit that outputs a start signal to the first control device and the second control device if the vehicle is in a prescribed state; an input detection unit that detects the input of the start signal to the first control device and the second control device in the state in which the start signal has been output to the first control device and the second control device by the start signal output unit; and pause signal output units that output a pause signal to the first control device and the second control device if the state in which the start signal input has been detected by the input detection unit has continued for at least a prescribed amount of time.

Abstract: The present disclosure comprises a reservoir cutoff valve provided on a pipe and configured to be opened in a non-energization state; a simulator cutoff valve provided on a pipe and configured to be closed in a non-energization state; an operation determination circuit configured to determine whether the brake operation member is in an operation execution state in which the brake operation member is being operated is; and a current control circuit that, when the operation determination circuit determines that the brake operation member is not in an operation execution state, supplies a first current to the reservoir cutoff valve, and when the operation determination circuit determines that the brake operation member is in an operation execution state, supplies a second current greater than the first current to the reservoir cutoff valve.

Abstract: The present invention is a vehicle brake device in which a brake fluid pressurized by a first pressurizing device and a second pressurizing device is supplied to wheel cylinders, wherein the vehicle brake device is provided with: an acquiring unit that acquires a heating correlation value indicating a heating state of the first pressurizing device; and a control unit that executes a first control that decreases the electric power supplied to the first pressurizing device when the heating correlation value acquired by the acquiring unit is equal to or larger than a prescribed threshold value, and a second control that controls the second pressurizing device to compensate for changes in the wheel pressures, i.e., the fluid pressures inside the wheel cylinders, accompanying the execution of the first control.

Abstract: A vehicle brake device includes a stroke simulator, a stroke sensor, and a brake start determination unit. The stroke simulator includes a cylinder, a piston, an orifice, and a pressure sensor. The cylinder defines a liquid pressure chamber to which a brake liquid is supplied via a fluid path. The piston slides in the cylinder by the brake liquid supplied to the liquid pressure chamber. The orifice is formed in the fluid path. The pressure sensor detects a reaction pressure. The stroke sensor is configured to detect the stroke. The brake start determination unit determines an operation of the brake operation member has been started in a case where the reaction pressure detected by the pressure sensor becomes equal to or greater than a first threshold value and the stroke detected by the stroke sensor becomes equal to or greater than a second threshold value.

Abstract: A brake control device has: a first control unit which controls a first pressurizing mechanism capable of pressurizing a brake fluid using one pressurizing mode among a plurality of set pressurizing modes; and a second control unit which controls a second pressurizing mechanism separate from the first pressurizing mechanism and capable of pressurizing the brake fluid pressurized by the first pressurizing mechanism, wherein the first and second control units perform cooperative control based on the control information. The brake control device includes a mode estimation unit for estimating the current pressurizing mode set in the first pressurizing mechanism when the transfer of the control information is blocked. The second control unit is provided with a specific control unit which, in a state in which the transfer of the control information is blocked, controls the second pressurizing mechanism according to the pressurizing mode estimated by the mode estimation unit.

Abstract: Provided is a brake device capable of detecting abnormality condition of a subject valve without using a wheel pressure sensor and the vehicle brake device includes a valve which is configured to open and close a fluid passage connected to the master chamber and at the same time which is a subject valve for a subject of failure judgement and an abnormality judging portion which is configured to judge whether or not the subject valve is in an abnormal state based on an advancement amount of the master piston accompanying an opening of the subject valve.

Abstract: The vehicular brake device includes a determination unit, a ratio setting unit, and the control unit. The determination unit determines the operating condition of a vehicular brake device. The ratio setting unit sets, on the basis of the result of determination by the determination unit, a first ratio which is the ratio of a wheel pressure generated by a piston drive unit to a target wheel pressure, and a second ratio which is the ratio of a wheel pressure generated by a hydraulic pressure adjusting unit to the target wheel pressure. The control unit controls the piston drive unit and the hydraulic pressure adjusting unit on the basis of the first ratio and the second ratio.

Abstract: A braking device includes a stroke simulator, a hydraulic pressure generation unit, a reaction hydraulic pressure detection unit, a master hydraulic pressure detection unit, and a bottoming determination unit. The stroke simulator includes a cylinder and a piston slidably movable inside the cylinder in conjunction with an operation of a brake operation member. The stroke simulator causes a reaction force chamber to generate a reaction hydraulic pressure and applies a reaction force. The hydraulic pressure generation unit generates a master hydraulic pressure by driving a master piston and supplies a hydraulic pressure to a wheel cylinder. The reaction hydraulic pressure detection unit detects the reaction hydraulic pressure. The master hydraulic pressure detection unit detects the master hydraulic pressure. The bottoming determination unit determines whether the master piston is in a bottoming state based on the reaction hydraulic pressure and the master hydraulic pressure.

Abstract: An abnormality detection device includes a control target hydraulic pressure calculating portion that calculates a control target hydraulic pressure according to an operation state of a brake pedal, the hydraulic pressure obtaining portion that obtains the hydraulic pressure of the operating fluid controlled to become the control target hydraulic pressure calculated by the control target hydraulic pressure calculating portion from the pressure sensor; a second determination threshold value changing portion that changes a threshold value to be closer to the control target hydraulic pressure calculated by the control target hydraulic pressure calculating portion in a stepwise manner when a state determining portion determines that the control target hydraulic pressure is in a maintaining state, and the abnormality determining portion that determines the hydraulic pressure braking force generating device is abnormal when the hydraulic pressure obtained by the hydraulic pressure obtaining portion deviates from th