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Method and device for preventing unintentional acceleration of a motor vehicle

US9460628B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE
BMW AG · DE

Inventors

Magnus Oppelland · Stuttgart, DE
Matthias Schueler · Steinheim, DE
Juergen Binder · Leutenbach, DE
Florian Oesterreicher · Munich, DE
Dalibor Kovac · Wien, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2014
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2540/12
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for monitoring a motor vehicle includes: monitoring whether a speed of the motor vehicle indicates a stopping condition of the motor vehicle; detecting whether at least one vehicle operating condition indicating an imminent unintentional acceleration of the vehicle exists; and triggering a fault response if (i) the vehicle is in the stopping condition and (ii) the at least one vehicle operating condition indicating an imminent unintentional acceleration of the vehicle exists.

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