Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
AssigneeHitachi Astemo, Ltd.
InventorsHao YU, Rikiya YOSHIZU, Shotaro ITO
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Abstract
A braking mechanism is configured to press a brake pad against a disk rotor that rotates together with a wheel. An ECU includes a control portion configured to control the braking mechanism. The control portion acquires a control condition including at least one of information regarding a running environment of a running road on which a vehicle runs or information regarding a state of the vehicle. The control portion controls a clearance amount between the disk rotor and the brake pad independently for each of wheels of the vehicle based on the acquired control condition.
Claims13
A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- a control portion configured to control a braking mechanism, the braking mechanism being configured to press a frictional pad against a rotor that rotates together with a wheel,
- wherein the control portion
- acquires a control condition including at least one of information regarding a running environment of a running road on which a vehicle runs or information regarding a state of the vehicle, and
- controls a clearance amount between the rotor and the frictional pad independently for each of wheels of the vehicle based on the control condition.
A vehicle control method configured to be performed by a control unit mounted on a vehicle including a braking mechanism, the braking mechanism being configured to press a frictional pad against a rotor that rotates together with a wheel, the vehicle control method comprising:
- causing the control unit to
- acquire a control condition including at least one of information regarding a running environment of a running road on which a vehicle runs or information regarding a state of the vehicle, and
- control a clearance amount between the rotor and the frictional pad independently for each of wheels of the vehicle based on the control condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.