Wiper control method and wiper control apparatus

A wiper control method for a wiper apparatus which includes a wiper having a wiper blade that wipes a windshield of a vehicle and a wiper arm that has the wiper blade attached thereto and is capable of swinging about a predetermined pivot shaft along a surface of the windshield together with the wiper blade, and a drive part that causes the wiper to swing along the surface of the windshield to and from between a predetermined upper reversal position and a predetermined lower reversal position, wherein the wiper apparatus has a configuration capable of enabling lock back whereby the wiper arm is moved from a base position at which the wiper blade is made to contact the windshield to a retreat position at which the wiper blade is raised and held away from the windshield, and capable of parking the wiper at a predetermined parked position located below the lower reversal position and between a back end of an engine hood and the windshield, the method comprising:

• stopping the wiper arm for a predetermined time interval at a predetermined pause position when the wiper arm is positioned above the parked position and at the retreat position during a parking operation of parking the wiper at the parked position and while the wiper arm is being swung downward toward the lower reversal position, the pause position being a position at which the wiper arm is able to fall toward the windshield to return to the base position;
• and swinging the wiper arm to the parked position after a lapse of the predetermined time interval, wherein the pause position is located within a predetermined range at or below a position at which the wiper arm comes to a contacting state with respect to the back end of the engine hood when the wiper arm at the retreat position swings toward the parked position.