Patent ID: 8571779

Claim:
A brake control apparatus, comprising: a frictional braking unit configured to generate frictional braking force by supplying operating fluid to a wheel cylinder provided on each wheel of a vehicle to press a frictional member against the wheel; a regenerative braking unit configured to generate regenerative braking force by power regeneration to a rotating electrical machine, which drives the wheel; a fluid pressure control valve configured to adjust an operating fluid pressure supplied from a fluid pressure source to a wheel cylinder side of each wheel; and a controlling unit configured to execute regenerative control to cover entire required braking force required by a driver by the regenerative braking force and executing switching control to cover the required braking force by the frictional braking force in place of the regenerative braking force by adjusting to increase the operating fluid pressure by the fluid pressure control valve when a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein the controlling unit executes the regenerative control to cover the entire required braking force when the required braking force is not larger than maximum regenerative braking force, which may be generated by the regenerative braking unit, at the start of this request, and covers the entire required braking force by the frictional braking force by allowing the frictional braking unit to operate without allowing the regenerative braking unit to operate when the required braking force is larger than the maximum regenerative braking force at the start.