Automatically actuated braking system
First Claim
1. A method for actuation of a brake system of a vehicle, wherein said brake system is equipped with a brake pedal, comprising the following steps:
- measuring a quantity relating to a change of position of a foot approaching the brake pedal;
comparing the measured quantity with at least one reference quantity to obtain a result; and
automatically actuating the brake system.
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Abstract
For externally actuating a brake system, both the surroundings of the brake pedal and, if necessary, additional parameters (d,d ,Vref) are monitored a sensor unit (6,10,11). Then the brake pressure (pnom) will be set automatically in an expedient manner in dependence of the individual parameters that were evaluated. Advantageous further embodiments include proposals for precharging the brake or braking slightly or automatically applying a higher brake pressure in dependence of the measuring results, in so far as this is reasonable with respect to road conditions and the driver'"'"'s wishes as they were assumed by the system.
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1. A method for actuation of a brake system of a vehicle, wherein said brake system is equipped with a brake pedal, comprising the following steps:
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measuring a quantity relating to a change of position of a foot approaching the brake pedal;
comparing the measured quantity with at least one reference quantity to obtain a result; and
automatically actuating the brake system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
measuring in parallel at least two quantities being selected from;
a position of a foot, a change of position of a foot approaching the brake pedal, a position of the brake pedal, a speed of the brake pedal, a force exerted by the foot on the brake pedal, a distance from the vehicle to a second vehicle, and a speed difference relative to the second vehicle, and the actuating step includes applying an increasing brake pressure as a function of the least two quantities measured.
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