Method for operating a motor vehicle, control device for a braking system, and braking system for a motor vehicle

• US 10,538,225 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2016
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Mannherz, Edith, Putzer, Tobias
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US15/777,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20180345921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,155 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2201/10 Automatic or semi-automatic parking aid systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2270/402 Back-up
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2270/406 Test-mode; Self-diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2270/413 Plausibility monitoring, cross check, redundancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/12 for automatic initiation; for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger limiting speed of vehicles other than rail vehicles B60K31/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/885 using electrical circuitry

Abstract

A method for operating a motor vehicle includes carrying out an automated driving process that includes using a first braking device to decelerate the motor vehicle in an automated manner. The method further includes recording at least one operating parameter of the motor vehicle during the automated driving process, and carrying out a check in order to determine whether the at least one operating parameter satisfies a predetermined test criterion. The method also includes decelerating the motor vehicle in an automated manner using a second braking device if the at least one operating parameter does not satisfy the test criterion.

Claims

1. A method for operating a motor vehicle, comprising:

carrying out an automated driving process;

actuating a first braking device that, in an operative state, is configured to decelerate the motor vehicle;

detecting, during the automated driving process, at least one operating parameter of the motor vehicle, the at least one operating parameter characterizing a driving state of the motor vehicle other than a state of the first braking device;

checking whether the at least one operating parameter satisfies a specified test criterion configured such that the specified test criterion is not satisfied when the first braking device is in a fault state; and

in response to the at least one operating parameter not satisfying the specified test criterion, actuating a second braking device to decelerate the motor vehicle.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one operating parameter is selected from a group consisting of a current speed of the motor vehicle, a current acceleration of the motor vehicle, and a current yaw rate of the motor vehicle.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the specified test criterion includes at least one of determining (i) whether a current deceleration of the motor vehicle corresponds to a current demand on the first braking device, (ii) whether a current speed of the motor vehicle corresponds to the current demand on the first braking device, and (iii) whether the current speed of the motor vehicle is less than a predetermined speed limit for the automated driving process.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

applying the specified test criterion in response to the actuating of the first braking.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

applying the specified test criterion independently of the actuating of the first braking device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a fault in the first braking device; and

independently of whether the at least one operating parameter satisfies the specified test criterion, actuating the second braking device in response to detecting the fault in the first braking device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

following actuation of the second braking device, actuating the first braking device in addition.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method is executed by a control unit for a brake system of the motor vehicle.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the first braking device is a hydraulic braking device; and

the second braking device is an electric braking device.

10. A brake system for a motor vehicle comprising:

a first braking device;

a second braking device; and

a control unit operatively connected to the first braking device and the second braking device and configured to;

carry out an automated driving process;

actuate the first braking device;

detect, during the automated driving process, at least one operating parameter of the motor vehicle, the at least one operating parameter characterizing a driving state of the motor vehicle other than a state of the first braking device;

check whether the at least one operating parameter satisfies a specified test criterion configured such that the specified test criterion is not satisfied when the first braking device is in a fault state; and

in response to the at least one operating parameter not satisfying the specified test criterion, actuating the second braking device to decelerate the motor vehicle.

11. The brake system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second braking device is an automatic parking brake device.

12. The brake system as claimed in claim 10, wherein:

the first braking device is a hydraulic braking device; and

the second braking device is an electric braking device.