An automatic vehicle braking arrangement includes a vehicle control unit configured to determine whether one or more conditions that must occur to activate an automatic braking function of the vehicle are occurring, to automatically activate the automatic braking function after determining that the one or more conditions are occurring, and to automatically release the automatic braking function after determining that one or more conditions that must occur to release the automatic braking function are occurring. A method for operating such an arrangement is also provided.

A system (e.g., a vehicle control system) includes a brake control unit that is configured to be operably deployed onboard a vehicle. The brake control unit has one or more sensor inputs and one or more control outputs. One of the sensor units is configured to receive a speed signal from a speed sensor of the vehicle; the speed signal is indicative of a vehicle speed detected by the speed sensor. One of the control outputs is configured for connection to a brake system of the vehicle. The brake control unit is configured to generate a vehicle control signal to initiate a vehicle brake operation responsive to the speed indicated by the speed signal going above a designated first speed threshold and the speed signal meeting one or more first designated criteria in addition to the first speed threshold.

A control system (100) for an emergency braking system (200) using at least one transmitter/receiver sensor (210) comprising: means for causing automatic transition, from a first state (310) in which the emergency braking system (200) is inactive to a second state (320) in which the emergency braking system (200) is active, in dependence upon satisfaction of a first condition (412); and means for causing automatic transition from the second state (320) to the first state (310) in dependence upon satisfaction of a second condition (421) different to the first condition (412) wherein transition from the second state (320) to the first state (310) does not occur in dependence upon the first condition (412) no longer being satisfied, and/or transition from the first state (320) to the second state (310) does not occur in dependence upon the second condition (421) no longer being satisfied.

A method for braking an electric vehicle in which a first axle of an electric vehicle is decelerated by an electric motor of the electric vehicle and/or by a friction brake system of the electric vehicle.

A lead vehicle (1) in an adaptive cruise control system that non-mechanically connects a following vehicle (2) to the lead vehicle (1) sequentially and that causes the following vehicle (2) to follow its immediately preceding vehicle calculates vehicle velocity limit (V1.sub.max) for limiting a velocity of the lead vehicle (1) based on maximum allowable vehicle velocity (V2.sub.max) of the following vehicle (2), maximum allowable vehicle velocity (V2.sub.max) satisfying a turning performance of the following vehicle (2), and controls a brake apparatus and a drive apparatus such that the velocity of the lead vehicle (1) will not exceed vehicle velocity limit (V1.sub.max).

The present invention obtains a controller capable of improving safety of a motorcycle. The controller that controls vehicle body behavior of the motorcycle includes: an acquisition section that acquires trigger information generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle; and an execution section that initiates a control mode making the motorcycle execute an automatic brake operation in accordance with the trigger information acquired by the acquisition section and makes the motorcycle generate a braking force. The acquisition section further acquires seat load information that is information of a load received by a seat of the motorcycle, and the execution section changes the automatic brake operation, which is executed in the control mode, in accordance with the seat load information acquired by the acquisition section.

A vehicle is provided with: a main vehicle body having an attachment portion to which a towed vehicle can be attached, and a first onboard unit and a second onboard unit attached to the main vehicle body, the first onboard unit and the second onboard unit being installed so as to be capable of communicating with a roadside device. The first onboard unit has type information relating to the type of the main vehicle body, and is provided at a position at which communication with the roadside device is possible both when the towed vehicle is attached to the attachment portion and when the towed vehicle is not attached to the attachment portion. The second onboard unit is provided at a position at which communication with the roadside device is possible when the towed vehicle is not attached to the attachment portion and at which communication with the roadside device is not possible when the towed vehicle is attached to the attachment portion.

Provided is a dump truck capable of performing an actuation test of an emergency brake system at an appropriate timing. The dump truck comprises: front wheel and rear wheel emergency brake systems, each system including an accumulator that accumulates hydraulic oil supplied from a hydraulic pump, a brake device that is actuated by the hydraulic oil supplied from the accumulator, and a solenoid valve that opens and closes a flow path of the hydraulic oil extending from the accumulator to the brake device; and a controller configured to execute front test processing and rear test processing alternately (step S16/step S18) in the case of determining that the dump truck is stopped (step S11: Yes), a vessel is in a fallen position (step S12: YES), and a loading operation onto the vessel is completed (step S15: Yes/step S17: Yes).

Provided is a dump truck capable of performing an actuation test of an emergency brake system at an appropriate timing. The dump truck comprises: front wheel and rear wheel emergency brake systems, each system including an accumulator that accumulates hydraulic oil supplied from a hydraulic pump, a brake device that is actuated by the hydraulic oil supplied from the accumulator, and a solenoid valve that opens and closes a flow path of the hydraulic oil extending from the accumulator to the brake device; and a controller configured to execute front test processing and rear test processing alternately (step S16/step S18) in the case of determining that the dump truck is stopped (step S11: Yes), a vessel is in a fallen position (step S12: YES), and a loading operation onto the vessel is completed (step S15: Yes/step S17: Yes).

The present disclosure relates to a method for autonomously controlling a vehicle performed by a vehicle control system, the vehicle control system comprising a zone control system, a collision prediction system and a braking control system, the method comprising the steps of: defining in the zone control system at least a first zone and a second zone relative to a vehicle position, predicting a collision with an obstacle with the prediction system, autonomously braking the vehicle with the braking control system in a first braking mode if the collision is predicted to occur in the first zone and braking the vehicle with the braking control system in a second braking mode if the collision is predicted to occur in the second zone.