Patent ID: 8915555

Claim:
A brake control device for a vehicle to be used for a brake apparatus, the brake apparatus comprising: basic hydraulic pressure generating means for generating a basic hydraulic pressure in accordance with an operation of a brake operating member that is performed by a driver of the vehicle; a pressure control valve provided between an output port of the basic hydraulic pressure generating means and a wheel cylinder; a hydraulic pump for supplying pumped braking fluid between the pressure control valve and the wheel cylinder; and a friction brake mechanism for generating a friction braking force in accordance with a hydraulic pressure in the wheel cylinder, the brake control device comprising: control means for controlling a driving state of the hydraulic pump and for controlling the pressure control valve in accordance with an operation-amount correlation value, said operation-amount correlation value comprising a value correlated to an operation amount of the brake operating member, to adjust a pressure difference between the basic hydraulic pressure and a pressure of the fluid between the pressure control valve and the wheel cylinder; and determination means for determining whether or not the vehicle is in a stopped state, wherein the control means is configured to: stop driving the hydraulic pump based on determination of transition of a state of the vehicle from a moving state to the stopped state; and start driving the hydraulic pump based on determination of transition of the state of the vehicle from the stopped state to the moving state and determination of an increase in the operation-amount correlation value during the stop of the driving of the hydraulic pump and during the operation of the brake operating member.