Method for determining an actual mass of a vehicle, control system implementing such a method, and vehicle comprising such a control system
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsValér MERZA, Daniel Thum, Tamas Komlos
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Abstract
A method for determining an actual mass of a vehicle, includes: determining a reference relationship of a deceleration of the vehicle having a known mass with respect to a brake demand; executing braking with a predetermined brake demand; detecting an actual deceleration of the vehicle when using the predetermined brake demand; determining an actual relationship of the actual deceleration of the vehicle with respect to the predetermined brake demand; and determining the actual mass of the vehicle by correlating the actual relationship and the reference relationship.
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
A method for determining an actual mass of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining a reference relationship of a deceleration of the vehicle having a known mass with respect to a brake demand;
- executing braking with a predetermined brake demand;
- detecting an actual deceleration of the vehicle when using the predetermined brake demand;
- determining an actual relationship of the actual deceleration of the vehicle with respect to the predetermined brake demand;
- and
- determining the actual mass of the vehicle by correlating the actual relationship and the reference relationship.
A control system for determining an actual mass of a vehicle, comprising:
- a control apparatus configured to perform the following:
- determining a reference relationship of a deceleration of the vehicle having a known mass with respect to a brake demand;
- executing braking with a predetermined brake demand;
- detecting an actual deceleration of the vehicle when using the predetermined brake demand;
- determining an actual relationship of the actual deceleration of the vehicle with respect to the predetermined brake demand;
- and
- determining the actual mass of the vehicle by correlating the actual relationship and the reference relationship.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a control system for determining an actual mass of a vehicle, wherein the control system is configured to perform the following:
- determining a reference relationship of a deceleration of the vehicle having a known mass with respect to a brake demand;
- executing braking with a predetermined brake demand;
- detecting an actual deceleration of the vehicle when using the predetermined brake demand;
- determining an actual relationship of the actual deceleration of the vehicle with respect to the predetermined brake demand;
- and
- determining the actual mass of the vehicle by correlating the actual relationship and the reference relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.