A driving assistance system that executes deceleration assistance of a vehicle when a relative state between the vehicle and a deceleration object ahead satisfies a preset condition includes a brake operation detection unit configured to detect whether a brake operation is performed by a driver of the vehicle during the deceleration assistance, a deceleration gradient setting unit configured to, when a brake operation is performed by the driver during the assistance, set a deceleration gradient to stop the assistance based on at least one of presence or absence of a forward obstacle ahead, a relative state between the vehicle and the forward obstacle, and a road environment in which the vehicle travels, and a deceleration assistance stop unit configured to, when a brake operation is performed by the driver during the assistance, stop the assistance of the vehicle along the deceleration gradient set by the deceleration gradient setting unit.

A driving assistance system that executes deceleration assistance of a vehicle when a relative state between the vehicle and a deceleration object ahead satisfies a preset condition includes a brake operation detection unit configured to detect whether a brake operation is performed by a driver of the vehicle during the deceleration assistance, a deceleration gradient setting unit configured to, when a brake operation is performed by the driver during the assistance, set a deceleration gradient to stop the assistance based on at least one of presence or absence of a forward obstacle ahead, a relative state between the vehicle and the forward obstacle, and a road environment in which the vehicle travels, and a deceleration assistance stop unit configured to, when a brake operation is performed by the driver during the assistance, stop the assistance of the vehicle along the deceleration gradient set by the deceleration gradient setting unit.

The invention relates to a brake system of a rail vehicle having at least one pneumatic brake actuator, a pneumatic braking device for generating a brake pressure, an electro-pneumatic braking device for generating a brake pressure, and a controller. In the event of rapid, forcible, or emergency braking, the pneumatic braking device or the electro-pneumatic braking device provides a basic brake pressure, and the brake pressure is changed by the electro-pneumatic braking device, starting from the basic brake pressure provided, depending in particular on a load and/or a speed.

A braking system and method utilizing a simplified estimate of a distance between two locations on the earth based on spherical geometry. A braking system utilizing the aforementioned simplified estimate does not require computationally intensive calculations and is more efficient and better equipped to handle real-time generation of distance estimates for braking needs and variable conditions. In the present invention, geodesics evaluations are not used; rather, a modified Haversine formula that simplifies computations is used, including a one-time computation of the cosine of latitude coordinate.

A braking system and method utilizing a simplified estimate of a distance between two locations on the earth based on spherical geometry. A braking system utilizing the aforementioned simplified estimate does not require computationally intensive calculations and is more efficient and better equipped to handle real-time generation of distance estimates for braking needs and variable conditions. In the present invention, geodesics evaluations are not used; rather, a modified Haversine formula that simplifies computations is used, including a one-time computation of the cosine of latitude coordinate.

A drive assistance device (24) for a saddle type vehicle (1) includes a ride sensor (37) configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part (25) configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller (27) configured to control driving of a plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) included in the vehicle body behavior generating part (25), and, when at least one of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is actuated regardless of the operation of the rider (J), the controller (27) determines which of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is to be actuated according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor (37).

A control device of a vehicle controls an actuator to cause the vehicle to travel based on a target locus. The control device includes a travel assisting unit that generates a target locus and sets a point on the target locus as a target position. The control device includes a braking control unit capable of communicating with the travel assisting unit. The braking control unit executes a process of calculating a control amount for causing the vehicle to follow the target position received from the travel assisting unit. The braking control unit executes a process of instructing the actuator to perform driving based on the control amount.

The invention relates to a method for operating a control device for a braking system of a motor vehicle, wherein the control device receives a braking request from a driver assistance system and determines a target value of a braking operation parameter of the braking system and determines an ideal temporal process for the braking operation parameter, which gradually leads to the target value, complying with a predetermined jerk criterion, and a determines a control fault of an actual value of the braking operation parameter in relation to the ideal process and determines a request value for a controller of a brake pressure pump of the braking system from the control fault on the basis of a controller unit. According to the invention, the control device determines a maximum achievable temporal gradient of the braking operation parameter by means of the brake pressure pump and examines whether the gradient fulfills a freezing criterion and, in the case of the freezing criterion being fulfilled, limits at least one control operation parameter of the controller unit and/or a gradient of the brake request.

The invention relates to a method for operating a control device for a braking system of a motor vehicle, wherein the control device receives a braking request from a driver assistance system and determines a target value of a braking operation parameter of the braking system and determines an ideal temporal process for the braking operation parameter, which gradually leads to the target value, complying with a predetermined jerk criterion, and a determines a control fault of an actual value of the braking operation parameter in relation to the ideal process and determines a request value for a controller of a brake pressure pump of the braking system from the control fault on the basis of a controller unit. According to the invention, the control device determines a maximum achievable temporal gradient of the braking operation parameter by means of the brake pressure pump and examines whether the gradient fulfills a freezing criterion and, in the case of the freezing criterion being fulfilled, limits at least one control operation parameter of the controller unit and/or a gradient of the brake request.

A vehicle includes a floor plate defining a front and a back of the vehicle, wall sections to receive vehicle loading and transfer the vehicle loading to the floor plate, and a fluid delivery assembly supported by the floor plate. The fluid delivery assembly includes an intake manifold that resides at the back, an outlet that resides at the front, and a set of lateral conduits extending between the intake manifold and the outlet to laterally convey fluid entering the intake manifold from a fluid source to the outlet for delivery to a fluid target. Accordingly, the back may connect to the fluid source and the front may deliver the fluid thus keeping the vehicle sides and top available for other uses. Moreover, the low isolated placement of the fluid delivery assembly safeguards the fluid delivery assembly and provides a low center of gravity for vehicle stability.