Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle braking using blending of regenerative braking and auxiliary braking

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling vehicle braking using blending of regenerative braking and auxiliary braking is provided. The apparatus includes an information input unit configured to receive vehicle travel information, a first energy determination unit configured to determine, based on the vehicle travel information, expected charging energy on a travel road, a second energy determination unit configured to determine, based on the vehicle travel information, chargeable energy available by regenerative braking, when a current travel road is a downhill road, and a vehicle control unit configured to control vehicle braking by comparing the expected charging energy with the chargeable energy, and determining a blending mode of blending an amount of operation of regenerative braking and an amount of operation of auxiliary braking as a braking mode according to a result of comparison.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.