Patent ID: 9434363
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B60T

Claim Text:
1. A deceleration control apparatus for installation on a vehicle, said deceleration control apparatus executing deceleration control based on running conditions of the vehicle including a turning state of the vehicle, said deceleration control apparatus comprising: turning state acquisition circuitry configured for acquiring successive values of a turning state quantity indicative of said turning state, and control value acquisition circuitry configured for deriving successive values of a control quantity for executing said deceleration control, the control quantity values being respectively derived based on said acquired values of the turning state quantity; wherein said deceleration control apparatus comprises guard processing circuitry configured for executing guard processing during execution of said deceleration control, said guard processing comprising: detecting a commencement of oscillation of said turning state quantity while said vehicle is running along a curved section of a route, when said commencement of oscillation is detected, establishing a guard value of said turning state quantity as a value not exceeding a currently acquired value of said turning state quantity, prior to detection of said oscillation commencement, executing said deceleration control based upon said successive values of said control quantity derived by said control value acquisition circuitry, and subsequent to detection of said oscillation commencement, executing said deceleration control based upon a value of said control quantity derived from said guard value of the turning state quantity.