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Autonomous vehicle emergency braking method

US9428163B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

WABCO GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karsten Breuer · Rodenberg, DE
Thomas Dieckmann · Pattensen, DE
Guido Hoffmann · Burgwedel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 3, 2010
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60T2270/413
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for autonomous emergency braking in a road vehicle to avoid or reduce the severity of an accident includes measuring the speed of the vehicle during autonomous emergency braking and additionally determining vehicle speed independent of the wheel rotational speeds of the vehicle. In this way, the vehicle speed can be determined sufficiently accurately even in the cases in which, as a result of sharp autonomous braking, the vehicle speed is higher than the wheel rotational speeds.

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