Braking control system, braking control method, and program

A braking control method comprising:

• detecting an obstacle ahead of a vehicle;
• determining whether or not the vehicle would collide with the obstacle ahead of the vehicle based on a result of the detection;
• detecting a following vehicle traveling behind the vehicle;
• acquiring information about a maximum deceleration set in the following vehicle;
• determining whether or not the following vehicle would collide with the vehicle based on the result of the detection and the acquired information about the maximum deceleration of the following vehicle;
• and
• controlling braking means of the vehicle so that an absolute value of a deceleration of the vehicle does not exceed an absolute value of the acquired maximum deceleration of the following vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle would collide with the obstacle and that the following vehicle would collide with the vehicle.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute processing of:

• detecting an obstacle ahead of a vehicle;
• determining whether or not the vehicle would collide with the obstacle ahead of the vehicle based on a result of the detection;
• detecting a following vehicle traveling behind the vehicle;
• acquiring information about a maximum deceleration set in the following vehicle;
• determining whether or not the following vehicle would collide with the vehicle based on the result of the detection and the acquired information about the maximum deceleration of the following vehicle;
• and
• controlling braking means of the vehicle so that an absolute value of a deceleration of the vehicle does not exceed an absolute value of the acquired maximum deceleration of the following vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle would collide with the obstacle and that the following vehicle would collide with the vehicle.

A braking control system comprising:

• an obstacle detector configured to detect an obstacle ahead of a vehicle;
• a first collision determination unit configured to determine whether or not the vehicle would collide with the obstacle ahead of the vehicle based on a result of the detection from the obstacle detector;
• a following vehicle detector configured to detect a following vehicle traveling behind the vehicle;
• an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a maximum deceleration set in the following vehicle;
• a second collision determination unit configured to determine whether or not the following vehicle would collide with the vehicle based on the result of the detection from the following vehicle detector and the information about the maximum deceleration of the following vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit;
• and
• a braking controller configured to control a brake of the vehicle so that an absolute value of a deceleration of the vehicle does not exceed an absolute value of the maximum deceleration of the following vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit when the first collision determination unit determines that the vehicle would collide with the obstacle and the second collision determination unit determines that the following vehicle would collide with the vehicle.