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US 9,631,918 B2Granted
Sensor device for a pedal, and a method for providing information regarding an operation of a pedal
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsReinhard Weiberle, Frank Hassdenteufel
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Abstract
A sensor device for a pedal which is set up to determine at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of the pedal by a user of a device which is actuable by means of the pedal, and to output information corresponding to the at least one determined actuating variable, the sensor device additionally being set up to determine as the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding a position and/or a change in position of an input rod disposed on the pedal, which is able to be set into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction. Furthermore, a method for providing information regarding an operation of a pedal is described.
Claims11
A sensor device for a pedal, comprising:
- a sensor arrangement configured to determine at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of the pedal by a user of a device which is actuable using the pedal, and to output information corresponding to the at least one ascertained actuating variable, to determine, as the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding at least one of a position and a change in position of an input rod disposed at the pedal, which input rod is settable into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction;
- wherein the specified spatial direction is a center longitudinal axis of an output rod present in its initial position, which is joined to the input rod so that the output rod is settable into at least a translatory motion using the input rod set into the rotary motion, and
- wherein the sensor device is configured to specify as at least part of the output information, at least one of:
- a distance of at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- a quantity of change in distance of the at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- an angle representing an orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- and an angle representing a change in orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod.
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A rotation-translation converter, comprising:
- an input rod disposed on a pedal such that when the pedal is operated, the input rod is settable into at least a rotary motion;
- an output rod joined to the input rod and able to be disposed on a device which is actuable using the pedal, so that the output rod is settable into at least a translatory motion using the input rod set into the rotary motion, such that a force is able to be transmitted to at least one component of the device via the output rod set into the translatory motion;
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- a sensor device configured to determine at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of the pedal by a user of a device which is actuable using the pedal, and to output information corresponding to the at least one ascertained actuating variable, the sensor device being configured to determine, as the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding at least one of a position and a change in position of the input rod disposed at the pedal, which input rod is settable into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction;
- wherein the specified spatial direction is a center longitudinal axis of the output rod present in its initial position, and
- wherein the sensor device is configured to specify as at least part of the output information, at least one of:
- a distance of at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- a quantity of change in distance of the at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- an angle representing an orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- and an angle representing a change in orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod.
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A brake system, comprising:
- a sensor device configured to determine at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of a pedal by a user of a device which is actuable using the pedal, and to output information corresponding to the at least one ascertained actuating variable, the sensor device being configured to determine, as the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding at least one of a position and a change in position of an input rod disposed at the pedal, which input rod is settable into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction;
- wherein the specified spatial direction is a center longitudinal axis of an output rod present in its initial position, which is joined to the input rod so that the output rod is settable into at least a translatory motion using the input rod set into the rotary motion, and
- wherein the sensor device is configured to specify as at least part of the output information, at least one of:
- a distance of at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- a quantity of change in distance of the at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- an angle representing an orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- and an angle representing a change in orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod.
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A brake system, comprising:
- a rotation-translation converter, including an input rod disposed on a pedal such that when the pedal is operated, the input rod is settable into at least a rotary motion, an output rod joined to the input rod and able to be disposed on a device which is actuable using the pedal, so that the output rod is settable into at least a translatory motion using the input rod set into the rotary motion, such that a force is able to be transmitted to at least one component of the device via the output rod set into the translatory motion, and a sensor device configured to determine at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of the pedal by a user of a device which is actuable using the pedal, and to output information corresponding to the at least one ascertained actuating variable, the sensor device being configured to determine, as the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding at least one of a position and a change in position of an input rod disposed at the pedal, which input rod is settable into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction;
- wherein the specified spatial direction is a center longitudinal axis of an output rod present in its initial position, which is joined to the input rod so that the output rod is settable into at least a translatory motion using the input rod set into the rotary motion, and
- wherein the sensor device is configured to specify as at least part of the output information, at least one of:
- a distance of at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- a quantity of change in distance of the at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- an angle representing an orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- and an angle representing a change in orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod.
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A method for providing information regarding an operation of a pedal, comprising:
- determining at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of the pedal by a user of a device which is actuable using the pedal;
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- outputting, by a sensor device, the information corresponding to the at least one determined actuating variable;
- wherein when determining the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding at least one of a position and a change in position of an input rod disposed at the pedal and set into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction, is determined,
- wherein the specified spatial direction is a center longitudinal axis of an output rod present in its initial position, which is joined to the input rod so that the output rod is settable into at least a translatory motion using the input rod set into the rotary motion, and
- wherein the sensor device is configured to specify as at least part of the output information, at least one of:
- a distance of at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- a quantity of change in distance of the at least one point of the input rod perpendicularly to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- an angle representing an orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod;
- and an angle representing a change in orientation of the input rod in relation to the center longitudinal axis of the output rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.