An apparatus for controlling an electro-mechanical braking system includes a first braking control module configured to receive at least one of an electronic parking brake (EPB) switch signal, a braking control signal, or a cylinder pressure value and to operate a parking brake and an additional…
The present invention relates to a method performed by a control arrangement for controlling braking of a vehicle comprising: a service brake system and at least one auxiliary brake system for applying a brake torque to at least driven wheels of the vehicle, driver maneuverable means for requesting…
A control device in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a vehicle information acquisition unit, an obstacle information acquisition unit, and a sudden braking detection unit, and controls a warning information transmission unit to transmit, to an other vehicle, warning information…
A method for carrying out a braking operation of a vehicle includes: detecting that an electric parking brake of the vehicle has been actuated by an occupant of the vehicle during travel of the vehicle; acquiring environmental information in an environment of the vehicle; determining a braking…
Technologies and techniques for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle, including a friction braking device and a regenerative braking device, in which a need for cleaning of respective wheel brakes of the friction braking device of the motor vehicle is determined. A desired deceleration of…
A braking apparatus for a vehicle may include a receiving unit for receiving driving information of the vehicle, a braking force generating unit for generating a braking force of the vehicle, and a continuous braking control unit for controlling the braking force generating unit based on the…
The method includes enabling the secondary brake system, triggering braking control by the secondary brake system, and obtaining measurements of an output of the secondary brake system. The output is for control of the one or more brake actuators, and the measurements are indicative of a response…
The clamping strategy of an electromechanical brake depends on an already existing hydraulic pressure, in order to adjust the mechanical component of the clamping force and avoid an excessive clamping of the brake. The hydraulic component (F) of the clamping force is estimated according to a…
A method for operating a brake system, which includes a power brake and a vehicle dynamics control, after detecting that the level in a brake fluid reservoir of the brake system has fallen below a minimum fill level. The method includes detecting a brake signal, advancing a power piston to a…
A brake control system includes a target braking force calculator to calculate a target braking force for causing a vehicle to decelerate in accordance with a braking instruction containing a normal braking instruction or emergency braking instruction, and a target pressure calculator to calculate…
A braking system with flexible architecture and a method for operating such a braking system for a motor vehicle are disclosed. The braking system can include a brake pedal with a pedal sensor for detecting the driver input and electrically controllable wheel brake modules. The pedal sensor can be…
An electromechanical brake system may comprise: an electric motor mechanically connected to a brake pad assembly to apply a parking brake; and a controller electrically connected to the electric motor. The controller is configured to, in response to a voltage associated with a back electromotive…
A dual-backup brake system of a vehicle to reduce costs of the brake system and difficulty of deploying the brake system. The brake system includes a first controller, a second controller, a backup brake apparatus, a front wheel brake apparatus, and a rear wheel brake apparatus. The first…
According to the present invention, a center-of-gravity inertia value calculation unit (36, 236) calculates information about the center of gravity of a vehicle including a load, calculates an inertia tensor (Jall) including the inertial spindle around the center of gravity of the vehicle and the…
A braking force control method to be executed by a computer of a vehicular braking force control device (100) of a braking force control system (10), the braking force control system (10) being further equipped with a plurality of actuators capable of generating a braking force for a vehicle, the…
A computer system is disclosed for determining a difference in surface friction between a first set of surface conditions and a second set of surface conditions, the computer system comprising processing circuitry configured to receive first data corresponding to a first set of surface conditions…
A method for dynamically controlling a vehicle having at least one wheel includes: measuring a wheel speed of the at least one wheel as a measured wheel speed; determining whether the measured wheel speed exceeds a slip value threshold; and if the measured wheel speed exceeds the slip value…
An electromechanical brake system is disclosed herein. The electromechanical brake system includes at least two electromechanical brake actuators and an electronic brake actuator controller. The electronic brake actuator controller is coupled to the at least two electromechanical brake actuators…
The present invention provides a method for detecting stationary objects by vehicles moving at high speed. The method is applied to a vehicle, which includes an on-board computer, a depth image capture unit, a laser image capture unit, and an optical image capture unit. When the vehicle moves at a…
An actuator provided with a pump connected to a first hydraulic connection connected to a reservoir and to a second hydraulic connection. A command controller communicates with a first pressure sensor arranged on the second hydraulic connection and measuring a first supply pressure. A monitoring…
Apparatus (16) for estimating a grip factor (G) of at least one wheel (2, 3) comprising: a control unit (10) configured to process a current slip angle (a) of said wheel (2, 3); a storage unit (19), within which, in a consultation table (CT), a plurality of grip curves (GC) correlating a plurality…
A road condition detection device (1), to be coupled to the wheel (2) of a vehicle (3), is provided with: an electrostatic charge variation sensor (14), to provide a charge variation signal (S) indicative of an electrostatic charge variation associated with the rotation of the wheel (2); and a…
A device for changing a braking mode provided in a vehicle including a plurality of braking modes includes a receiving unit configured to receive vehicle state information, a condition determination unit configured to determine whether conditions for preparation of changing the braking mode and…
Disclosed is an electronic parking brake system including: an electronic parking brake configured to generate a braking force in a vehicle by a motor; and a controller configured to operate or release the electronic parking brake, wherein the controller is configured to collect, according to…
A method of rationalizing operation of a vehicle wheel speed sensor is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving an output signal from a longitudinal accelerometer, receiving an output signal from a wheel speed sensor, determining whether an acceleration event exists based on the output…
Electric equipment for a vehicle with an electropneumatic service brake device, in which at least one pneumatic brake control pressure is immediately and directly controlled to the electromagnetic backup valve, which is still being closed by a current, of at least one pressure regulating module in…
A wheel load estimation device includes a wheel speed acquisition unit, a frequency characteristic ratio calculation unit, a load ratio calculation unit, and a wheel load calculation unit. The wheel speed acquisition unit acquires wheel speed information of each wheel included in the vehicle. The…
The invention relates to a method for braking a vehicle, a brake control device and a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has at least one wheel, a first braking device, a braking-detection device and a brake control device, wherein the detected braking instance is converted into a braking-detection…
A method for the drive control of actuators of at least one wheel of a vehicle. The method includes: sensing a desired acceleration; sensing a vehicle velocity of the vehicle; sensing a wheel velocity of the wheel determining a status description of the wheel from the wheel velocity and a wheel…
Disclosed herein an electric parking brake (EPB) system including a motor actuator operated by an electric motor includes a motor driving circuit configured to drive the electric motor; a current sensor detecting a current flowing through the electric motor; a voltage sensor detecting a voltage…