Patent ID: 7293843
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: B60T,B60W

Abstract:
1. A braking system for a vehicle, comprising: a braking device for braking a vehicle; an operating device which includes an operating member that is operated by a driver of the vehicle in a braking force increasing direction that is an operating direction in which a braking force of the braking device is increased, or in a braking force decreasing direction that is an operating direction in which the braking force of the braking device is decreased; and an electronic control device that decides a target control value for controlling the braking device based on an operation state amount and an operation state of the operating member and that controls the braking device based on the decided target control value, wherein the control device includes an operating direction-dependant target control value deciding portion that determines a relationship between the operation state amount and the target control value based on the operation state of the operating member and uses the determined relationship to set at least one of: an increasing direction target control value that is the target control value when the operating member is operated in the braking force increasing direction, and a decreasing direction target control value that is the target control value when the operating member is operated in the braking force decreasing direction with the increasing direction target control value and the decreasing direction target control value being different from each other even when the operating member is at a same operation state at least in part of a control range by either lowering the decreasing direction target control value relative to the increasing direction target control value in a low braking force control range where the braking force of the braking device is low or increasing the decreasing direction target control value relative to the increasing direction target control value in a high braking force control range where the braking force of the braking device is high.