To enable achievement of stable braking regardless of influences by aging or the like of a brake device.

There is provided a brake ECU 30 for a vehicle 1 with a brake device 11 that can adjust a break force depending on fed hydraulic pressure, the vehicle 1 including: a master pressure sensor 17 configured to measure hydraulic pressure fed to the brake device 11; and a G sensor 44 and a wheel speed sensor 12 configured to be capable of detecting acceleration of the vehicle 1 and measure acceleration information, the brake ECU 30 being configured to include: a pressure command value computation portion 36 configured to determine a hydraulic pressure fed to the brake device 11 at a time of deceleration of the vehicle 1 on a basis of a preset coefficient and cause the determined hydraulic pressure to be fed to the brake device 11; and a brake torque coefficient computation portion 31 configured to learn a coefficient candidate, which is a candidate to change the coefficient, and change the coefficient to the coefficient candidate on a basis of a relationship between the hydraulic pressure and the acceleration.

An electric equipment component of a vehicle having an electric braking/steering device, including: a) an electric steering device with/without a continuous mechanical connection between a steering wheel and a steering gear mechanism, and an electronic steering control device and an electric steering actuator; an electropneumatic service brake device having an electropneumatic service brake valve device, an electronic brake control device, electropneumatic modulators and pneumatic wheel brake actuators; and a device having the electronic evaluation device of the electropneumatic service brake valve device and generating a second activation force independently of a driver's braking request, the further device acting on the control piston in the same or opposite direction to the first activation force when a braking request, independent of the driver's request, is present; the electronic evaluation device being integrated into the electronic steering control device, or the electronic steering control device being integrated into the electronic evaluation device.

Method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle having a hydraulic service brake device with hydraulically actuated wheel brakes on at least one front axle of the motor vehicle, and a parking brake device with wheel brakes, which can be actuated in each case by an electromechanical actuator, on a rear axle of the motor vehicle, wherein a motor vehicle actual longitudinal deceleration is measured, wherein during a braking operation by the hydraulic service brake device a braking operation is carried out by the parking brake device while the motor vehicle is traveling, wherein a motor vehicle setpoint longitudinal deceleration which is to be achieved is determined, and the electromechanical actuators of the parking brake device are actuated in such a way that the motor vehicle actual longitudinal deceleration is adjusted to the motor vehicle setpoint longitudinal deceleration.

A braking control device for a vehicle includes a malfunction detector configured to detect a malfunction of a first stroke sensor or a second stroke sensor, a memory configured to store a first stroke and a second stroke, a stroke calculator for first calculation configured to calculate, from the first stroke and the second stroke, an average value for calculating a target deceleration before a malfunction is detected by the malfunction detector, a stroke calculator for second calculation configured to calculate, from the average value and the second stroke (first stroke), an additional value for calculating the target deceleration after the malfunction is detected, and a target deceleration setting circuit configured to set the target deceleration from the average value or the additional value.

Braking systems and methods for an autonomous vehicle are provided. Braking devices are associated with respective wheels of the autonomous vehicle. A hydraulic circuit is connected between a primary braking module (PBM) and the braking devices and connected between a secondary braking module (SBM) and the braking devices. One of a PBM electronic control unit and a SBM electronic control unit is configured to: in response to detecting a communications failure of the other braking module, apply a predetermined hydraulic pressure operation in the hydraulic circuit. The other of the PBM electronic control unit and the SBM electronic control unit is configured to identify, based on output from the at least one sensor, the predetermined hydraulic pressure operation being applied by the one of the PBM electronic control unit and the SBM electronic control unit, and select and execute a braking profile based thereon.

A brake control device and a brake system are configured to appropriately apply a braking force to a rotary body of a human-powered vehicle. The brake control device includes an electronic controller that controls a braking portion electrically driven to brake a rotary body rotating in accordance with traveling of a human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller controls the braking portion in accordance with an operation amount of an operating device and a state related to the human-powered vehicle.

A regenerative braking system and method include: a regenerative braking determination unit configured to determine whether or not a vehicle satisfies an entry condition for regenerative braking based on information collected by the vehicle; a calculation unit configured to calculate a hydraulic braking torque according to a pressure of a master cylinder and a target amount of a regenerative braking torque varied according to the pressure of the master cylinder, if the vehicle satisfies the entry condition; and a controller configured to perform braking of the vehicle based on the target amount of the regenerative braking torque and the hydraulic braking torque.

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.

Vehicles and methods of operating vehicles are disclosed herein. A vehicle includes a main frame, a work implement, and a control system. The work implement is supported by the main frame and configured to carry a payload in use of the vehicle. The control system is supported by the main frame and configured to control operation of the vehicle. The control system includes a payload measurement system configured to provide payload input indicative of a variable payload carried by the work implement in use of the vehicle and a controller coupled to the payload measurement system.

An agricultural train assembly having a tractor and at least one implement coupled to the tractor through a tongue. The assembly has a tractor braking system that selectively applies tractor brakes, an implement braking system that selectively applies implement brakes, a controller that selectively applies the implement braking system, a sensor that communicates with the controller to identify a push force applied to the tongue, the push force being the amount of force applied by the at least one implement towards the tractor. Wherein, the controller communicates with the sensor to identify the push force and compares the push force to a push threshold and when the push force is greater than the push threshold, the controller instructs the implement braking system to apply a burst braking procedure.