A method for determining a slope of a roadway on which a vehicle is located includes imputing image data, supplied by an image sensor, pertaining to surroundings of the vehicle, identifying a defined reference object in the surroundings of the vehicle using the image data, determining an angle relationship between the reference object and the surroundings, estimating a slope of the roadway with reference to the determined angle relationship, and generating a signal indicative of the slope of the roadway. A device for determining a slope of a roadway on which a vehicle is located is configured to execute such a method.

The present disclosure relates to an electrical parking control method and device, a readable storage medium and a computer device. The method includes that: when it is detected that a vehicle is in a self-piloting mode and a preset parking control condition is satisfied, a parking switching request message is generated, and sent to a VCU; a parking switching message fed back by the VCU is received, the parking switching message being a message generated when the VCU detects that a vehicle state is executable parking switching; a parking switching signal corresponding to the parking switching message is generated; and the parking switching signal is pushed to an external Electrical Park Brake (EPB) system, the parking switching signal being used to switch a state of the external EPB system, the state including a tightening state and a releasing state.

In a method for operating a motor vehicle during an autonomous parking process it is proposed that during the autonomous parking process a first braking torque is applied automatically to at least a first wheel, and a second braking torque is applied automatically to at least a second wheel, that a slip of one of the wheels is inferred from a comparison of the rotational speed of the first wheel to which the first braking torque is applied with the rotational speed of the second wheel to which the second braking torque is applied, and that if a variable characterizing the slip reaches or exceeds a limiting value, an action is automatically triggered.

A method for providing a brake force in a vehicle with a hydraulic vehicle brake and an electromechanical brake device includes determining a position of a brake piston at a brake contact point on the basis of a state variable of an electric brake motor when the electromechanical brake device is released. The method further includes displacing the brake piston in a positioning operation until reaching a braking start point.

A vehicle control system for moving a vehicle to a target location is disclosed. According to examples of the disclosure, a camera captures one or more images of a known object corresponding to the target location. An on-board computer having stored thereon information about the known object can process the one or more images to determine vehicle location with respect to the known object. The system can use the vehicle's determined location and a feedback controller to move the vehicle to the target location.

The disclosure relates to a driver assistance method, in which a vehicle performs a driving manoeuvre automatically, and a braking device, in particular a parking brake, is at least partially actuated during the performance of the driving manoeuvre so that a braking action is constantly exerted on the wheels of at least one axle so that a drive of the vehicle operates counter to the braking action of the braking device in order to move the vehicle. According to the disclosure, during the driving manoeuvre at least one operating parameter which is related to an undesired increase in the braking action exerted on at least one wheel is detected and evaluated, and a braking action on at least one wheel is reduced in accordance with the result of said evaluation.

An autonomous traveling vehicle, equipped with autonomous traveling function on a standard machine, has a high-pressure selector valve placed on a flow path in which pressure-oil is supplied from a standard brake valve (SBV) installed in the standard machine to a hydraulic brake. A flow path is installed to connect the high-pressure selector valve and an autonomous brake control valve (ABCV) that is supplied with pressure-oil delivered by a hydraulic pump. Further, an autonomous traveling controller is installed to perform control for autonomous travel, and an autonomous brake controller is installed to perform open or close control on the ABCV in response to a braking instruction from the autonomous traveling controller. When the brake pedal is stepped on, the pressure-oil flows from the SBV to the hydraulic brake, and when the autonomous traveling controller outputs a stop instruction, the pressure-oil flows from the ABCV to the hydraulic brake.

A method for activating a parking brake of a motor vehicle, wherein the parking brake is activated automatically if the motor vehicle is at a standstill or its ignition is switched off. The motor vehicle and/or the environment is detected subsequent to the automatic activation of the parking brake, and that said current situation is compared to stored situations of the motor vehicle and/or the environment, for which a rolling capability of the motor vehicle at a standstill and/or with its ignition switched off has been designated.

A method for controlling a braking system of a vehicle may include detecting, by a first plurality of detection devices distributed on the braking system of the vehicle, first information representative of a condition of motion of the vehicle. The method may also include detecting, by a second plurality of detection devices belonging to a first driver assistance sub-system associated with the vehicle, second information representative of a condition of motion of the vehicle. The method may also include determining, by a first data processing block, a first control signal of a braking module of the vehicle based on the first information and the second information. The method may also include controlling, by the first data processing block, the braking module of the vehicle based on the determined first control signal.

Disclosed is a system of providing a parking guidance service of a vehicle including a sensor unit including a plurality of sensors configured to sense an environment around the vehicle and a parking space, a database unit configured to store parking pattern data of a driver, a controller configured to determine a parking difficulty of the parking space based on information sensed by the sensor unit and parking pattern data of the driver, stored in the database unit, and an output unit configured to provide information on the parking difficulty of the parking space, determined by the controller.