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Granted Patent B2
US 9,840,242 · App. 15/101,504 · Granted Dec 12, 2017

Method for regulating driving stability

Inventors: Kai Bretzigheimer (Mainz, DE); Frank Seurer (Bad Vilbel, DE)
Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
B60T8/17558B60T8/246B60T2201/022B60T2220/03B60T2250/03B60T2270/30
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Patent No.
US 9,840,242
App. No.
15/101,504
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method in which the driving behavior of a vehicle is influenced depending on surroundings data in order to support an evasive maneuver as soon as a risk of collision is detected using the data from surroundings sensors and vehicle sensors. The vehicle has an electronically regulated braking system which allows a driver-independent build-up and a modulation of the braking forces on the individual wheels of the vehicle, and a steering input by the drive is supported in the event of a detected risk of collision by a driver-independent braking intervention. A brake slip of at least one wheel of the vehicle is limited to a first slip threshold in a first phase of the evasive maneuver and to a second slip threshold in a second phase of the evasive maneuver, wherein the first slip threshold is smaller than the second slip threshold. The invention further relates to an electronic controller.

Claims (18)

1. A method in which the driving behavior of a vehicle is influenced as a function of surroundings data in order to assist an avoidance maneuver as soon as a risk of collision is detected, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of an electronically controlled brake system, data detected from one or more ambient sensors and data detected from one or more vehicle sensors,

when a risk of collision is determined by the processor of the electronically controlled brake system, the avoidance maneuver of the driver is assisted by a build up and modulation of braking forces applied to the individual wheels of the vehicle independent of the driver, by:

limiting, by the processor, in a first phase of the avoidance maneuver, a brake slip of at least one wheel of the vehicle by setting a first slip threshold value for triggering the braking forces applied to the individual wheels of the vehicle, and

limiting, by the processor, in a second phase of the avoidance maneuver that occurs after the first phase, the brake slip by setting a second slip threshold value for triggering the braking forces applied to the individual wheels of the vehicle,

wherein the first slip threshold value is lower than the second slip threshold value.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first phase of the avoidance maneuver starts when a risk of collision is detected, wherein the first phase does not start until after turning in of the driver is detected.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second phase starts when the driver steers counter to the avoidance direction, wherein the second phase does not start until a measured steering angle speed and/or a measured yaw acceleration exceeds a predefined skidding threshold value.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second phase starts when the driver steers counter to the avoidance direction, wherein the second phase does not start until a measured steering angle speed and/or a measured yaw acceleration exceeds a predefined skidding threshold value.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the first phase a build up of braking force which is independent of the driver takes place at one or more wheels of the vehicle on the inside of the bend, in order to generate a yawing moment in the avoidance direction, wherein at least the brake slip at the intervention wheel or intervention wheels is limited.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the second phase a build up of braking force is carried out at one or more wheels of the vehicle on the outside of the bend independently of the driver, in order to limit the yaw acceleration, wherein at least the brake slip at the intervention wheel or intervention wheels is limited.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a build up and/or reduction of braking force is carried out in accordance with a set point yaw rate independently of the driver, which set point yaw rate is determined on the basis of a calculated avoidance trajectory.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second slip threshold value is defined in accordance with a measured yaw acceleration and/or a measured steering angle speed.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when it is detected that the vehicle is approaching an obstacle, at first a braking intervention which is independent of the driver is carried out at all the wheels of the vehicle in order to reduce the velocity, and wherein a risk of collision is not detected until a collision can no longer be prevented solely by braking.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein when it is detected that the vehicle is approaching an obstacle, the brake slip at at least the wheels of the front axle is limited to a third slip threshold value which is higher than or equal to the second slip threshold value.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9 , when it is detected that the vehicle is approaching an obstacle, the brake slip at all the wheels of the vehicle is limited to a third slip threshold value which is higher than or equal to the second slip threshold value.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more ambient sensors are selected from the group consisting of radar sensors and cameras, and the one or more vehicle sensors are selected from the group consisting of a steering angle sensor, a yaw rate sensor and wheel rotational speed sensors.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more ambient sensors are selected from the group consisting of radar sensors and cameras, and the one or more vehicle sensors are selected from the group consisting of a steering angle sensor, a yaw rate sensor and wheel rotational speed sensors.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2024
From: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 068794/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2016
From: BRETZIGHEIMER, KAI; SEURER, FRANK
To: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
Reel/Frame 039794/0284 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 225 970 · Dec 13, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160311416A1 · Oct 27, 2016