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AssigneeHitachi Astemo, Ltd.
InventorsKoki TAKIMOTO, Daisuke GOTO
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A left front electric brake mechanism provides a braking force to a left front wheel of a vehicle. A right front electric brake mechanism provides a braking force to a right front wheel of the vehicle. A left rear electric brake mechanism provides a braking force to a left rear wheel of the vehicle. A right rear electric brake mechanism provides a braking force to a right rear wheel of the vehicle. An ECU controls the electric brake mechanisms. When a first braking force provided to a first wheel (for example, the left front wheel) cannot be controlled due to a failure in a first frictional braking apparatus (for example, the left front electric brake mechanism), the ECU outputs a braking instruction for causing a second frictional braking apparatus to generate a second braking force according to magnitude of the first braking force.
A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
A vehicle control method configured to be performed by a control unit, the control unit being configured to control a first frictional braking apparatus and a second frictional braking apparatus, the first frictional braking apparatus being configured to provide a braking force to a first wheel, which is one of left and right wheels of a vehicle, the second frictional braking apparatus being configured to provide a braking force to a second wheel portion, which is the other wheel portion of the left and right wheels of the vehicle, the vehicle control method comprising:
A vehicle control system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.