Patent ID: 6289281
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A system for controlling the behavior of a vehicle having a brake which is controllable in a braking force applied at a left wheel and a right wheel of the vehicle independently, comprising:obstacle detecting means for detecting an obstacle present ahead on a course of travel of the vehicle;contact possibility determining means for determining whether a possibility that the vehicle will come into contact with the obstacle is present based on an output of the obstacle detecting means;first brake control means for controlling operation of the brake in response to a result of the determination of the contact possibility determining means;vehicle behavior detecting means for detecting at least a parameter of the vehicle indicative of behavior of the vehicle;vehicle behavior control means for calculating at least an error, for controlling a vehicle behavior, between the detected parameter and a reference value and for calculating a manipulated variable such that a vehicle veerability is enhanced; andsecond brake control means for controlling operation of the brake in response to the calculated manipulated variable;wherein:the vehicle behavior control means conducts at least one from among procedures to advance the timing of the calculation of the manipulated variable and to increase the manipulated variable, when the contact possibility determining means determines that the possibility of contact is present.