Vehicular control device, method of controlling a vehicle, and storage medium having stored therein a program that implements the method

A vehicular control device for a vehicle subjected to brake hold control controlling a braking device to hold a force braking said vehicle, as based on a state of said vehicle, while a driver of said vehicle does not press a brake pedal, the control device comprising:

• means for detecting a first degree as an actual value of a degree of a request made by said driver for acceleration;
• means for setting a second degree used as a controlled value of said degree of said request made by said driver for acceleration, to control a force output to drive said vehicle;
• and
• means for controlling said force output to drive said vehicle, as based on said second degree, said means for setting comprising:
• means for determining whether said first degree is larger than a predetermined degree while said brake hold control is exerted,
• means for setting said second degree to be smaller than said first degree until a decision is made that said first degree is larger than said predetermined degree, and
• means for stopping said brake hold control when a decision is made that said first degree is larger than said predetermined degree, and
• means for increasing said second degree to gradually approach said first degree after said means for stopping stops said brake hold control.

A method performed by a vehicular control device to control a vehicle subjected to brake hold control controlling a braking device to hold a force braking said vehicle, as based on a state of said vehicle, while a driver of said vehicle does not press a brake pedal, the method comprising:

• detecting, by said control device, a first degree as an actual value of a degree of a request made by said driver for acceleration;
• setting, by said control device, a second degree used as a controlled value of said degree of said request made by said driver for acceleration, to control a force output to drive said vehicle;
• and
• controlling, by said control device, said force output to drive said vehicle, as based on said second degree, the step of setting comprising:
• determining, by said control device, whether said first degree is larger than a predetermined degree while said brake hold control is exerted,
• setting, by said control device, said second degree to be smaller than said first degree until a decision is made that said first degree is larger than said predetermined degree,
• said control device stopping said brake hold control when a decision is made that said first degree is larger than said predetermined degree, and
• said control device increasing said second degree to gradually approach said first degree after said brake hold control is stopped in the step of stopping.