Patent ID: 8606441

Claim:
A control device for a vehicle having a motive power source and a braking device and generating a creep torque by said motive power source, wherein once said vehicle stopped in a forward traveling position has a brake pedal operated to a degree larger than a predetermined degree, brake hold control is exerted to control said braking device such that until a request by a driver to start said vehicle is detected, a braking force that is applied when said vehicle is stopped is held even if said brake pedal is not operated, the control device comprising: a detection unit detecting that said driver is operating said brake pedal; a vehicular speed detection unit detecting vehicular speed; an operation state detection unit detecting whether said braking force is held if said brake pedal is not operated; and a processing unit, wherein: said processing unit determines from said vehicular speed whether said vehicle is currently stopped; if said brake pedal is not operated, said processing unit determines whether to suppress said creep torque, based on whether said braking force is held; and if a decision is made to suppress said creep torque, said processing unit suppresses said creep torque.