Patent ID: 9701310
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B60T,B60W

Claim:
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an inter-vehicle distance control unit that performs inter-vehicle distance control with respect to a preceding vehicle; a stop-restart unit that stops an engine if a host vehicle is stopped and an engine stop condition is satisfied and that restarts the engine if a restart condition is satisfied; a braking force maintenance unit that maintains a braking force which stops the vehicle in idle state; and a braking force increase unit that increases the braking force maintained by the braking force maintenance unit if the vehicle is stopped by the inter-vehicle distance control unit, wherein the braking force increase unit increases the braking force before the engine is stopped by the stop-restart unit, maintains the increased braking force if the engine is stopped by the stop-restart unit, and reduces the increased braking force if the engine is not stopped by the stop-restart unit.