BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD

A brake control device includes a deciding unit for deciding a requested deceleration that is requested by the driver, based on the brake pedal operation amount that is acquired, and a braking processing unit for deciding a braking amount of braking to be executed by a brake device, based on the requested deceleration that is decided, and deciding to execute reducing control in which a deceleration is reduced as compared to the requested deceleration immediately before stopping a vehicle. The braking processing unit is configured to execute increasing control in which a deceleration is increased as compared to the requested deceleration before executing the reducing control, and decides whether to execute the increasing control based on the detection result of the in-vehicle sensor.