Patent ID: 9694791
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60T,F16D,F16H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle, comprising: an automatic transmission connected to a power source mounted in the vehicle to change speed of rotation of the power source inputted to an input shaft and transmit from an output shaft to driven wheels; a shift-by-wire type parking mechanism that enables a parking gear connected to the output shaft of the automatic transmission to be switched between a rotatable unlocked state and a non-rotatable locked state; a foot brake that enables braking of the vehicle in response to brake pedal operation by a driver; an automatic braking system that enables braking of the vehicle independently of the aforesaid brake pedal operation; a road surface gradient detector adapted to detect a gradient of a road surface where the vehicle is located; a vehicle travel speed detector adapted to detect a travel speed of the vehicle; and a parking mechanism controller adapted to cause the parking mechanism to execute a parking process to switch the parking gear to the locked state after a predetermined parking condition is established and the detected road surface gradient is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, wherein, prior to executing the parking process, the parking mechanism controller determines whether the foot brake has been operated and either wherein the parking mechanism is a mechanism which establishes the locked state by putting a parking pole in locking engagement with the parking gear, and the set speed is defined as a speed enabling engagement of the parking gear and the parking pole.