Vehicle brake-by-wire control system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHarold John Felch, Thomas Svensson, Harbind S Chahal, Roberto Villegas Muriel
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a brake-by-wire system having a brake pedal and a first sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a position of the brake pedal. A controller is in communication with the sensor and is programmed to enable and disable a one-pedal driving mode based on a user-selected setting. The controller is further programmed to, in response to the signal of the first sensor being valid and the one-pedal driving mode being disabled, enable the one-pedal driving mode regardless of the user-selected setting.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a brake-by-wire system including a brake pedal and a first sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a position of the brake pedal;
- and
- a controller in communication with the sensor, the controller being programmed to:
- enable and disable a one-pedal driving mode based on a user-selected setting, and
- in response to the signal of the first sensor being valid and the one-pedal driving mode being disabled, enable the one-pedal driving mode regardless of the user-selected setting.
A vehicle comprising:
- a brake-by-wire system including a brake pedal, friction brakes, and first and second sensors each being configured to output data indicative of a position of the brake pedal;
- and
- a controller in communication with the first and second sensors, the controller being programmed to:
- enable and disable a one-pedal driving mode based on a user-selected setting, and
- in response to the data from the first and second sensors differing beyond a threshold and the one-pedal driving mode being disabled, enable the one-pedal driving mode regardless of the user-selected setting such that operation of the friction brakes is based on accelerator-pedal position.
A method of operating a vehicle brake-by-wire system comprising:
- disabling a one-pedal driving mode based on a user-selected setting;
- and
- in response to a sensed condition and the one-pedal driving mode being disabled, enabling the one-pedal driving mode regardless of the user-selected setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.