Patent ID: 8989942
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B60Q,B60W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle start notification control device, comprising: a start notification section for performing start notification to notify a behavior related to a start of a vehicle to surrounding of the vehicle; a control section for performing control to apply a braking force to the vehicle, corresponding to a brake applying operation by a driver of the vehicle, and to hold the braking force of the vehicle even if the brake applying operation is deactivated; and a braking force holding flag setting section for setting a braking force holding flag for holding the braking force of the vehicle to ON or OFF even if the brake applying operation is deactivated, wherein when the braking force holding flag is set to ON by the braking force holding flag setting section, the control section performs control to hold the braking force of the vehicle even if the brake applying operation is deactivated, and if both the brake applying operation and the ON setting of the braking force holding flag by the braking force holding flag setting section are deactivated, wherein ON setting of the braking force holding flag is deactivated when an instruction to decrease the braking operation of the vehicle having been held is issued by the control section, the control section controls the start notification section to perform the start notification.