IP Library Granted Patent US 9,908,516
Granted Patent B2
US 9,908,516 · App. 14/929,570 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Brake control apparatus of vehicle and brake control method thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,908,516
App. No.
14/929,570
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a vehicle brake control apparatus, and a brake control method thereof. The vehicle brake control apparatus includes a detector configured to detect automatic brake control pressure information when an automatic brake apparatus performs an automatic braking by using the automatic brake control pressure information as closing to a current object, and releases the automatic braking; a determination unit configured to determine whether it is a first state in which a present time of detected automatic brake control pressure information is an automatic brake release time; a braking force maintenance unit configured to maintain the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information, when it is determined to be the first state, until driver brake control pressure information of a pedal, which is stepped by a driver, becomes the same state as the automatic brake control information; and a controller configured to deliver a command of maintaining braking force to the braking force maintenance unit so as to receive the automatic brake control pressure information and the driver brake control pressure information, and so as to maintain the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

Claims (52)

1. A vehicle brake control apparatus comprising:

a detector configured to detect automatic brake control pressure information, when an automatic brake apparatus performs an automatic braking by using the automatic brake control pressure information as closing to a current object and releases the automatic braking;

a processor configured to:

determine whether it is a first state in which a present time of detected automatic brake control pressure information is an automatic brake release time; and

maintain the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information, when it is the first state, until driver brake control pressure information of a pedal, which is stepped by a driver, becomes the same state as the automatic brake control information; and

a controller configured to deliver a command of maintaining braking force to the processor so as to receive the automatic brake control pressure information and the driver brake control pressure information, and so as to maintain the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information; and

an alarming device configured to present to the driver, whether the automatic brake control pressure information is maintained during the automatic brake release time period until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

2. The vehicle brake control apparatus of claim 1 wherein

the processor further determines whether the driver brake control pressure information is the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information, and the controller further releases the automatic brake control pressure of the automatic brake control pressure information when the processor determines that the driver brake control pressure information is the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

3. The vehicle brake control apparatus of claim 2 , wherein

the alarming device is further configured to present to the driver, whether the automatic brake control pressure of the automatic brake control pressure information is released, when the driver brake control pressure information is determined to be the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

4. The vehicle brake control apparatus of claim 1 wherein

the processor maintains the automatic brake control pressure information as a certain automatic brake control pressure pulse pattern during the automatic brake release time period of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

5. The vehicle brake control apparatus of claim 1 wherein

the processor maintains the automatic brake control pressure information as an automatic brake control pressure pulse pattern having a certain angle during the automatic brake release time period of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

6. The vehicle brake control apparatus of claim 1 wherein

the processor maintains the automatic brake control pressure information as an automatic brake control pressure pulse pattern having a certain bent surface during the automatic brake release time period of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

7. The vehicle brake control apparatus of claim 1 wherein

the processor maintains the automatic brake control pressure information as an automatic brake control pressure pulse pattern having a certain curved surface during the automatic brake release time period of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

8. The vehicle brake control apparatus of claim 1 wherein

the current object comprises at least one of an outside wall, another vehicle and a motorcycle, and animal and obstacle.

9. A vehicle brake control apparatus comprising:

a detector configured to detect automatic brake control pressure information, when an automatic brake apparatus performs an automatic braking by using the automatic brake control pressure information as closing to a current object and releases the automatic braking;

a processor configured to:

determine whether it is a first state in which a present time of detected automatic brake control pressure information is an automatic brake release time;

maintain the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information, when it is the first state, until a pre-set automatic brake control maximum value is reached by adding driver brake control pressure of a pedal, which is stepped by a driver, to the automatic brake control pressure; and

a controller configured to deliver a command of maintaining braking force to the processor so as to receive the automatic brake control pressure information and the driver brake control pressure information and so as to maintain the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure reaches the automatic brake control maximum value.

10. A brake control method of a vehicle brake control apparatus comprising:

a detection operation of detecting automatic brake control pressure information when an automatic brake apparatus performs an automatic braking by using the automatic brake control pressure information as closing to a current object, and releases the automatic braking;

a first determination operation of determining whether it is a first state in which a present time of detected automatic brake control pressure information is an automatic brake release time;

a braking force maintenance operation of maintaining the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information, when it is the first state, until driver brake control pressure information of a pedal, which is stepped by a driver, becomes the same state as the automatic brake control information; and

an alarming operation of presenting to the driver, whether the automatic brake control pressure information is maintained during the automatic brake release time period until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

11. The brake control method of claim 10 further comprising:

a second determination operation of determining whether the driver brake control pressure information is the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information; and

an automatic brake control pressure release operation of more releasing the automatic brake control pressure of the automatic brake control pressure information when the driver brake control pressure information is the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

12. The brake control method of claim 10 wherein

the braking force maintenance operation maintains the automatic brake control pressure information as a certain automatic brake control pressure pulse pattern during the automatic brake release time period of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

13. The brake control method of claim 10 wherein

the braking force maintenance operation maintains the automatic brake control pressure information as an automatic brake control pressure pulse pattern having a certain angle during the automatic brake release time period of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

14. The brake control method of claim 10 wherein

the braking force maintenance operation maintains the automatic brake control pressure information as an automatic brake control pressure pulse pattern having a certain bent surface during the automatic brake release time period of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

15. The brake control method of claim 10 wherein

the braking force maintenance operation maintains the automatic brake control pressure information as an automatic brake control pressure pulse pattern having a certain curved surface during the automatic brake release time period of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

16. The brake control method of claim 10 ,

wherein the alarming operation further includes:

presenting to the driver, whether the automatic brake control pressure of the automatic brake control pressure information is released when the driver brake control pressure information becomes the same state as the automatic brake control pressure information.

17. A brake control method of a vehicle brake control apparatus comprising:

a detection operation of detecting automatic brake control pressure information when an automatic brake apparatus performs an automatic braking by using the automatic brake control pressure information as closing to a current object, and releases the automatic braking;

a first determination operation of determining whether it is a first state in which a present time of detected automatic brake control pressure information is an automatic brake release time; and

a braking force maintenance operation of maintaining the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information, when it is the first state, until a pre-set automatic brake control maximum value is reached by adding driver brake control pressure of a pedal, which is stepped by a driver, to the automatic brake control pressure.

18. The brake control method of claim 17 further comprising:

an operation of delivering a command of maintaining braking force to a processor so as to receive the automatic brake control pressure information and the driver brake control pressure information, and to maintain the automatic brake release time of the automatic brake control pressure information until the driver brake control pressure reaches the automatic brake control maximum value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062206/0260 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2015
From: KIM, JIN-MYUNG
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036933/0810 →