Patent ID: 8132867
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A brake control apparatus comprising: a braking force applying means for applying a braking force to each of a plurality of wheels adapted to a vehicle; a braking force testing means for testing the braking force of a predetermined malfunction test subject wheel by controlling the braking force applied to the malfunction test subject wheel to be reduced or maintained for a predetermined time on the basis of a test actuation pattern while the braking force applied to each of the plurality of wheels is increased by the braking force applying means; a wheel speed detecting means for detecting a wheel speed of each of the plurality of the wheels including the malfunction test subject wheel, the wheel speed corresponding to a rotational speed of each of the plurality of the wheels; and a malfunction determining means for determining a malfunctioning state, where the braking force is not applied to the malfunction test subject wheel, in a case where the wheel speed generated in the case where the braking force of the malfunction test subject wheel is controlled on the basis of the test actuation pattern continuously changes at the same gradient as the changes of the wheel speed in the case where the braking force thereof is not controlled on the basis of the test actuation pattern.