Feedback operation of a vehicle brake pedal
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorFriedrich Peter WOLF-MONHEIM
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a brake pedal unit of a vehicle, comprising feedback to a driver. The brake pedal unit has a multiplicity of pressure-sensitive or force-sensitive sensors. According to the disclosure, in the method, output signals of the multiplicity of pressure-sensitive or force-sensitive sensors are detected. At least one position and/or an orientation of the operator's foot relative to the foot support element is determined from the detected output signals. A feedback signal that characterizes the determined position and/or orientation is output at an output unit of the vehicle.
Claims16
A method for operating a brake pedal of a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting signals generated by a multiplicity of pressure-sensitive sensors arranged on a foot support element;
- determining from the signals a variable characterizing at least one of a position and an orientation of an operator's foot relative to a foot support element;
- and
- communicating a feedback signal characterizing the variable to the operator.
A method for operating a brake pedal of a vehicle, comprising:
- operating a multiplicity of pressure-sensitive sensors arranged on a foot support element to generate signals;
- operating an electronic evaluation unit receiving the signals to determine therefrom a variable characterizing a position and an orientation of an operator's foot relative to a foot support element;
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- operating an output unit to generate a feedback signal characterizing the variable and communicate the feedback signal to the operator.
A brake pedal unit of a vehicle, comprising:
- a foot support element;
- a multiplicity of pressure-sensitive sensors arranged on the foot support element;
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- an electronic evaluation unit receiving signals from the multiplicity of sensors and operative to generate, in responsive thereto, a variable characterizing a position and an orientation of an operator's foot relative to the foot support element as indicated by the signals, and to output a feedback signal characterizing the variable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.