Patent ID: 8849534

Claim:
A vehicle control system comprising: a brake actuator which works to brake a wheel of a vehicle which has an automatic transmission with a torque converter mounted therein; a vehicle speed determiner which works to determine a speed of the vehicle, said vehicle speed determiner having a dead zone around where a real speed of the vehicle is zero, said vehicle speed determiner having a characteristic in which when falling in the dead zone, the determined speed of the vehicle shows zero when the real speed of the vehicle is non-zero; and a controller which operates in a stop mode, a restart mode, and a braking control mode, selectively; wherein: when a given engine stop requirement is met during running of an engine of the vehicle, said controller entering the stop mode to stop the engine automatically; when a given engine restart requirement is met after stop of the engine, said controller entering the restart mode to restart the engine; when the determined speed of the vehicle has become zero following the stop of the engine in the stop mode, said controller entering the braking control mode to constantly apply a first braking force to the wheel for a predetermined period of time, the predetermined time starting when the determined speed of the vehicle becomes zero and ending about half-way in a time period between a time when the determined speed of the vehicle becomes zero and a time when the real speed of the vehicle becomes zero; and after the predetermined period of time has elapsed, said controller applies a second braking force to the wheel through said brake actuator which is greater than the first braking force.