Patent ID: 7729840

Claim:
A vehicle brake control system comprising: a preceding object detecting section configured to detect a position of a preceding object existing in front of a host vehicle; a running condition detection section configured to detect a running condition of the host vehicle; a steering actuation state detecting section configured to detect an actuation state of a steering wheel of the host vehicle; a braking force detecting section configured to detect a current braking force applied to the host vehicle by a host vehicle braking system; a preceding object avoidability determining section configured to determine a possibility of avoiding the preceding object by steering and reducing the current braking force acting on the host vehicle based on the position of the preceding object, the running condition of the host vehicle, the braking force applied to the host vehicle and the steering wheel actuation state that are detected; a travel path estimating section configured to estimate a predicted travel path along which the host vehicle will travel based on the steering wheel actuation state and a prescribed braking force applied by the host vehicle braking system, the preceding object avoidability determining section being further configured to determine the possibility of avoiding the preceding object based on a positional relationship between the preceding object and the predicted travel path; and a braking force control section configured to reduce the current braking force applied by the host vehicle braking system when the preceding object avoidability determining section determines that the preceding object is avoided by steering and reducing the current braking force acting on the host vehicle.