Embodiments are disclosed for improving safety with parking brake actuation. In particular, embodiments inhibit or allow parking brake commands based on an operation state of a vehicle. Further, embodiments act on parking brake commands based on a health or condition of the parking brakes themselves. An example method for autonomous operation of a vehicle includes receiving a command to apply a parking brake of the vehicle; determining a vehicle operation state based on comparing a speed of the vehicle to a range of pre-determined values; configuring an instruction for engagement of the parking brake according to the vehicle operation state; determining a brake health of the parking brake; and transmitting the instruction to the parking brake to cause the parking brake to be engaged based on the brake health satisfying one or more thresholds.
AUTOMATIC PARKING BRAKE ACTUATION AND FAILURE DETECTION
AUTOMATISCHE PARKBREMSBETÄTIGUNG UND FEHLERERKENNUNG
ACTIONNEMENT DE FREIN DE STATIONNEMENT AUTOMATIQUE ET DÉTECTION DE DÉFAILLANCE
2024-04-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60T Bremsanlagen für Fahrzeuge oder Teile davon , VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF |
ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE ACTUATOR FOR ACTUATION OF PARKING BRAKE IN AUTOMOBILE
European Patent Office | 2018
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