Disclosed are an apparatus for controlling an electromechanical brake system and a method thereof. An apparatus for controlling an electromechanical brake system of the present invention includes: a brake pedal detector unit configured to detect a stepping amount of a driver; a braking module configured to brake the vehicle; a memory configured to store a slope variable braking diagram set according to a characteristic value of the vehicle; and a processor configured to calculate a braking request value based on the stepping amount input from the brake pedal detector unit, and output a control command determined by a brake distribution ratio between front and rear wheels according to the braking request value to the braking module based on the slope variable braking diagram stored in the memory.

A method for operating a braking system for a motor vehicle, which has a service brake device with at least one wheel brake and a brake pressure applied to the wheel brake for generating a braking force acting on a brake disc of the wheel brake is adjusted at least temporarily depending on a setting of an operating element. A condition of a coating of a brake disc of the wheel brake is determined based on the brake pressure applied to the wheel brake and a deceleration of the motor vehicle resulting therefrom.

An autonomous emergency braking system includes a sensor generating a collision risk signal indicative of an object in a path of travel of the vehicle and a controller. The controller determines whether an indication of a mass of the vehicle is present and, if so, adjusts a default deceleration value corresponding to a predetermined rate of deceleration for the vehicle in response to the mass to obtain a mass-adjusted deceleration value. The controller establishes, responsive to the mass-adjusted deceleration value, successive times for generating first and second braking commands to an engine or brake controller or increasing braking forces for the first and second braking commands configured to cause deceleration of the vehicle at first and second rates of deceleration, the second rate greater than the first. The first and second braking commands are generated responsive to the collision risk signal.

A simulation platform may receive equipment information regarding ride equipment. The equipment information identifies a first location of a first end of the ride equipment on a travel path and identifies a second location of a second end of the ride equipment. The simulation platform may determine, based on the equipment information, that the first location is at a first distance from a starting location on the travel path and indicates that the second location is at a second distance from the starting location. The simulation platform may execute a computer model to perform a simulation of a movement of a passenger vehicle along the travel path. The simulation platform may determine, during the simulation, that the passenger vehicle is located at a particular distance from the starting location. The simulation platform may determine whether the particular distance corresponds to a location between the first location and the second location.

A controller can display via an instrument cluster a brake capacity based on a temperature of friction material of at least one brake of a vehicle and a predicted brake fade threshold that is derived from a speed, mass, and current angle of inclination of the vehicle.

A braking system (200) is described for at least one vehicle (V), particularly at least one railway vehicle, comprising control means arranged to: a) determine a real instantaneous deceleration value of the vehicle during the actuation of braking means (202); b) determine a real friction value between braking means and at least one wheel or at least one disc, as a function of at least said real instantaneous deceleration value, a test mass value of the vehicle and a value of an actuation signal; c) replace a predetermined expected friction value stored in the storage medium (210, 210) with the determined real friction value.

Further described is a system for calibrating a braking system of at least one vehicle, and a process for calibrating a braking system of at least one vehicle (V), and vehicles.

A method for controlling a braking system of a vehicle for the distribution of braking torques for service braking. The method may include receiving, by an electronic control unit, a request to apply a braking torque during a braking time interval. The method may also include enabling, in the braking time interval, by the electronic control unit a first and/or second electrical actuation signal of first and/or second brake calipers. Braking torques may be applied when the signals are enabled. For each instant of the braking time interval, an amplitude of the braking torque required for service braking is equal to the sum of a first amplitude of the first braking torque and a second amplitude of the second braking torque.

A method for the adaptive control of a driver operation-dependent actual vehicle deceleration in a commercial vehicle includes determining an operating variable that indicates a displacement of a brake pedal of a brake valve demanded by the driver as well as an assistance deceleration demand, providing a mass-dependent feeling curve that associates a driver's deceleration demand with the operating variable, adapting the mass-dependent feeling curve if there is no assistance deceleration demand so that the determined operating variable is associated with an actually prevailing actual vehicle deceleration, specifying a target vehicle deceleration depending on a driver operation-dependent driver's deceleration demand determined from the corresponding feeling curve and the assistance deceleration demand if there is an assistance deceleration demand, and actuating a brake pressure corresponding to the target vehicle deceleration for adaptively adjusted, driver operation-dependent control of the actual vehicle deceleration.

A train braking control method and device supporting multi-stage deceleration, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes the following steps: calculating an initial value of kinetic energy of a train; calculating work of traction force of the train in a process from an initial position to traction removal; calculating work of gravity force of the train in a process from the initial position to a stop; calculating work of braking force of the train in a process from a braking application position to the stop; calculating maximum allowable kinetic energy of the train among all restriction points from the initial position to a stop point; obtaining kinetic energy of the train according to the following formula, determining whether the kinetic energy of the train exceeds the maximum allowable kinetic energy at the restriction point, if so, triggering emergency braking of the train, or else, operating the train normally.

Embodiments are presented for trailer sway detection and braking distribution using a camera mirror system. In one embodiment, a vehicle controller is provided comprising: one or more processors; a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium. The program instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: monitor images captured by at least one image capture device to detect sway of a plurality of trailers being towed by a tractor; estimate a relative weight of each of the plurality of trailers based on the detected sway; determine braking force to apply to each of the plurality of trailers based on the estimated relative weight of each of the plurality of trailers; and send an electronic signal to a braking system of each of the plurality of trailers to apply the determined braking force to each of the plurality of trailers.