Brake control system for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsWilfried Bullinger, Walter Eberle
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Abstract
In a brake control system for mitigating the consequences of an accident in the case of a rear-on collision of a motor vehicle, it is provided that a comparison signal assigned to the positive longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle is determined, that the comparison signal is compared with a threshold value and that, in the event that the comparison signal exceeds the threshold value, a braking signal triggering the vehicle brake is generated.
Claims41
Safety system for mitigating the consequence of an accident in the case of a rear-on collision of a first vehicle by a second vehicle following the first vehicle, characterized
- in that a comparison signal (SC) assigned to the positive longitudinal acceleration of the first vehicle in response to the accident is determined,
- in that the comparison signal (SC) is compared with a threshold value,
- in that, in the event that the comparison signal (SC) exceeds the threshold value, a braking signal (SB) triggering a vehicle brake is generated.
A method of mitigating the consequence of an accident in the case of a rear-on collision of a first vehicle by a second vehicle travelling behind the first vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a comparison signal (SC) which varies according to a positive longitudinal acceleration of the first vehicle resulting from the rear-on collision;
- comparing the comparison signal (SC) with a threshold value;
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- generating a braking signal (SB) to trigger a vehicle brake of the first vehicle if the comparison signal (SC) exceeds the threshold value.
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