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Method for automatically decelerating a vehicle to avoid collision or to reduce the consequences of a collision

US8532901B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Gregor Nitz · Olching, DE
Peter H. Zahn · Littleton, US
Philipp Reinisch · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2012
Grant date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W30/09
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for automatically decelerating a vehicle to avoid a collision or reduce the consequences of a collision with a detected collision object, wherein, at a determined intervention point-in-time, a brake system of the vehicle is automatically triggered such that a deceleration of the vehicle is caused, and wherein an automatic deactivation of the automatic braking intervention can take place by an increased actuation of the accelerator. A deactivation is carried out as a function of an override maneuver that depends on the actual driving dynamics, particularly an actuation of the accelerator that depends on the actual driving dynamics.

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