A brake assistance system comprising a brake pedal, a booster motor, a simulation motor, a planetary row coupling node, and a brake master cylinder, where the brake master cylinder is configured to provide a braking force for the vehicle. The brake pedal, the booster motor, and the simulation motor are separately coupled to the planetary row coupling node. The planetary row coupling node is configured to convert a torque of the brake pedal, a torque output by the booster motor, and a torque output by the simulation motor into an acting force acting on a piston rod in the brake master cylinder.

A braking control device includes a stop holding controller and an uneven-ground traveling determination unit. After the vehicle makes a stop and a brake operation performed by a driver who drives the vehicle is canceled, the stop holding controller is configured to perform execution of a stop holding control that includes holding braking force of the vehicle and canceling the braking force in response to a predetermined start operation performed by the driver. The uneven-ground traveling determination unit is configured to determine whether the vehicle is traveling on an uneven ground. The stop holding controller is configured to disable the execution of the stop holding control in a case where the uneven-ground traveling determination unit determines that the vehicle is traveling on the uneven ground.

A vehicle rear warning system includes: a driving information detection portion that collects information measured from a radar and a camera sensor in a reverse mode of a vehicle; and a controller that separates a danger zone and a safe zone with reference to a fixed obstacle at a rear of the vehicle by performing fusion of the information measured from the radar and the camera in the reverse mode of the vehicle, and generates a collision event and controls warning and braking when a moving object approaching from the danger zone is detected, while limiting the warning and braking for a moving object existing in the safe zone.

The invention relates to a slope brake pressure determining method and system. The method includes: a pre-braking slope estimated value is determined according to a specified cycle, where a current pre-braking slope estimated value is determined and is used as a first slope estimated value a.sub.estimate1, and a pre-braking slope estimated value of a previous cycle that is latched prior to the establishment of brake pressure is used as a second slope estimated value a.sub.estimate2; an instantaneous vehicle speed v.sub.brake prior to the establishment of the brake pressure is latched, a vehicle traveling distance l.sub.brake and time t.sub.brake are accumulated, and an in-braking slope estimated value a.sub.slop is determined based on the instantaneous vehicle speed v.sub.brake, the vehicle traveling distance l.sub.brake, and the time t.sub.brake; and pre-braking pressure p1 and in-braking pressure p2 are determined based on the second slope estimated value a.sub.estimate2 and a third slope estimated value a.sub.estimate3, respectively, initial brake pressure p3 is determined based on the pre-braking pressure p1 and the in-braking pressure p2, and final brake pressure p4 is determined based on the initial brake pressure p3. According to the invention, the brake pressure can be accurately determined.

In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, an autonomous system is provided that includes: a tow vehicle, a trailer, and a control system. The tow vehicle has a vehicle battery. The trailer is coupled to the tow vehicle, and has a trailer battery. The control system includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor is configured to at least facilitate measuring a state of charge of the trailer battery. The processor is coupled to the sensor, and is configured to at least facilitate selectively providing current from the tow vehicle to the trailer based on the state of charge of the trailer battery.

A method is for adjusting an application pressure of a vehicle brake, in particular a commercial vehicle disc brake, of a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is in motion. The method includes the following steps: applying an initial application pressure to the vehicle brake, determining a braking effect of the vehicle brake while the initial application pressure is applied to the vehicle brake, comparing the determined braking effect with a limit braking effect, reducing the initial application pressure to a reduced application pressure if the determined braking effect exceeds the limit braking effect.

Systems and methods are disclosed for adaptive regeneration systems for electric vehicles. In one embodiment, an example method may include determining, by an adaptive regeneration system, that an electric vehicle is decelerating, determining an output voltage of a power source at the electric vehicle, determining that a voltage potential of a battery system at the electric vehicle is greater than the output voltage, and causing the voltage potential of the battery system to be modified to a value equal to or less than the output voltage.

There is disclosed a control system for controlling braking of wheels in a towed vehicle comprising: an electric drum brake associated with at least one wheel of the towed vehicle for applying a braking force to the towed vehicle, the electric drum brake having at least one electro magnet for controlling application of the braking force; and a computer controller electrically coupled to each electric drum brake; wherein, the at least one electro-magnet generates an electric field through which a geometric or magnetic variation present in the electric drum brake passes through upon rotation of the wheel, the computer controller being configured to detect a response signal generated by the passing of the geometric or magnetic variation through the electric field, the response signal being indicative of the state of motion of the wheel.

A damping force control device 10 comprises vary damping shock absorbers, a detector, and a controller. Each of the shock absorbers sets damping coefficient from a minimum value to a maximum value in order to adjust damping force. The detector detects vertical vibration state quantity relating to vibration of the sprung mass. The controller performs an ordinary control for setting the damping coefficient based on the vertical vibration state quantity and according to a predetermined control law suitable for an assumption that all of the wheels touch ground. The controller performs, when at least one of the wheels is an ungrounded wheel which does not touch the ground and each of the other wheels is a grounded wheel which touches the ground, a specific control for setting the damping coefficient of the shock absorber corresponding to the grounded wheel to a first specific value greater than the minimum value.

A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify an initial lateral distance and an initial longitudinal distance of a host vehicle in a turn at an initiation of the turn, predict a heading angle of the host vehicle at a specified time after the initiation of the turn, predict a final lateral distance and a final longitudinal distance between the host vehicle and a target at the specified time based on the identified lateral distance, the identified longitudinal position, and the predicted heading angle, determine a lateral offset at a longitudinal time to collision based on the final lateral distance and the final longitudinal distance, and actuate a brake of the host vehicle according to a threat assessment based on the lateral offset.