Patent ID: 11938916
Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 4:
5. A brake control device, comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire an output of a sensor that detects information indicating a ground contact state of a drive wheel of a plurality of drive wheels of a vehicle; and
a control unit configured to, when an acceleration operation for causing the vehicle to accelerate is performed on the vehicle stopped due to a parking brake force generated by an electric parking brake, identify the ground contact state of the drive wheel based on the output of the sensor acquired by the acquisition unit, and control the electric parking brake to release the parking brake force by a control method that differs depending on the identified ground contact state, wherein
the control unit controls, when the plurality of the drive wheels include a lifted wheel that is not in contact with the ground, and a wheel that is in contact with the ground, the electric parking brake to release a parking brake force applied to the wheel that is in contact with the ground while continuously applying a parking brake force to the lifted wheel.