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Granted Patent B2
US 12,304,486 · App. 17/695,014 · Granted May 20, 2025

Brake arbitration

Inventor: Ludong Sun (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assignee: Motional AD LLC
B60W30/18109B60W50/10B60W60/00186B60W2510/182
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Patent No.
US 12,304,486
App. No.
17/695,014
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Among other things, systems and methods are described for brake arbitration. Safe stop requests are obtained. A safe stop request is associated with a deceleration value of a vehicle in motion. Safe stop activations associated with the safe stop request are determined, wherein the safe stop activations are associated with predetermined deceleration values. An automated emergency (AEB) system deceleration command is calculated. Arbitration is performed between the deceleration values associated with the safe stop request, predetermined deceleration values associated with the safe stop activations, and the deceleration value calculated from data captured by the AEB system to determine a final deceleration output.

Claims (35)

1. A method comprising;

obtaining safe stop requests, wherein a safe stop request is associated with a deceleration value of a vehicle in motion;

determining, safe stop activations in response to the safe stop request, wherein the safe stop activations correspond to a status of a brake control system and predetermined levels of deceleration that vary responsive to deceleration commanded by an automated emergency braking (AEB) system;

calculating an AEB system deceleration command comprising a deceleration value calculated from data captured by the AEB system;

arbitrating between the deceleration value associated with the safe stop request, the predetermined levels of deceleration corresponding to the safe stop activations, and the AEB system deceleration command to determine a final deceleration output; and

decelerating the vehicle in motion according to the final deceleration output.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the safe stop request is output by a brake monitoring system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the safe stop request is output by a DOG system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status of the brake control system is prefill, partial braking, or full braking.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the AEB system is isolated from an autonomous vehicle stack of the vehicle.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising at least one program for execution by at least one processor of a first device, the at least one program including instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, carry out a method comprising:

obtaining safe stop requests, wherein a safe stop request is associated with a deceleration value of a vehicle in motion;

determining safe stop activations in response to the safe stop request, wherein the safe stop activations correspond to a status of a brake control system and predetermined levels of deceleration that vary responsive to deceleration commanded by an automated emergency braking (AEB) system;

calculating an AEB system deceleration command comprising a deceleration value calculated from data captured by the AEB system;

arbitrating between the deceleration value associated with the safe stop request, the predetermined levels of deceleration corresponding to the safe stop activations, and the AEB system deceleration command to determine a final deceleration output; and

decelerating the vehicle in motion according to the final deceleration output.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 ,

wherein the safe stop request is output by a brake monitoring system.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the safe stop request is output by a DOG system.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the status of the brake control system is prefill, partial braking, or full braking.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the AEB system is isolated from an autonomous vehicle stack of the vehicle.

11. A vehicle, comprising:

at least one computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions;

at least one processor communicatively coupled to at least one sensor and configured to execute the computer executable instructions, the execution carrying out operations including:

obtaining safe stop requests, wherein a safe stop request is associated with a deceleration value of a vehicle in motion;

determining safe stop activations in response to the safe stop request, wherein the safe stop activations correspond to a status of a brake control system and predetermined levels of deceleration that vary responsive to deceleration commanded by an automated emergency braking (AEB) system;

calculating an AEB system deceleration command comprising a deceleration value calculated from data captured by the AEB system;

arbitrating between the deceleration value associated with the safe stop request, the predetermined levels of deceleration corresponding to the safe stop activations, and the AEB system deceleration command to determine a final deceleration output; and

decelerating the vehicle in motion according to the final deceleration output.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the safe stop request is output by a brake monitoring system.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the safe stop request is output by a DOG system.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the status of the brake control system is prefill, partial braking, or full braking.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the AEB system is isolated from an autonomous vehicle stack of the vehicle.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein arbitrating comprises selecting a highest rate of deceleration from the deceleration value associated with the safe stop request, the predetermined levels of deceleration corresponding to the safe stop activations, and the AEB system deceleration command.

17. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the AEB system comprises independent sensing, perception, and control systems.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2022
From: SUN, LUDONG
To: MOTIONAL AD LLC
Reel/Frame 059507/0968 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63161315 · Mar 15, 2021
Related Publication 20220289199A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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