A brake test device and method for testing the braking system of a vehicle, to ensure compliance with safety regulations and ensure the braking system is functional, said brake test system including: i. at least one on/off switch; ii. at least one display; iii. at least one on/off status indicator; iv. at least one controller; v. at least one brake sensor; vi. at least one brake status indicator; vii. at least one throttle (or accelerator) sensor; viii. at least one throttle (or accelerator) status indicator; ix. at least one motor torque sensor; x. at least one motor torque status indicator; xi. at least one gear sensor; xii. at least one gear status indicator; xiii. at least one brake test status indicator; xiv. at least one data logging component to log data from a brake test; and xv. at least one communication component to communicate the data from the brake test.

A vehicle driving support device includes a surrounding environment recognition unit, a travel control unit, and a collision avoidance controller. The collision avoidance controller is configured to estimate a position of a vehicle and generate a forecast traveling path thereof when turning across an opposite lane at an intersection, recognize an oncoming vehicle traveling on each of lanes of the opposite lane, based on surrounding environment information acquired by the surrounding environment recognition unit, detect, for each lane, a collision forecast position at which the forecast traveling path intersects with a traveling path of the oncoming vehicle, and forecast a collision of the vehicle with the oncoming vehicle, determine whether to execute collision avoidance control in which the travel control unit operates a brake driver, for the collision forecast position, and dispose the collision avoidance control such that kinetic energy remains in the vehicle in a traveling direction.

The motor control unit reduces the drive braking torque for applying the braking force to the drive wheel by the reverse rotation timing predicted by the reverse rotation prediction unit at the latest, and the friction braking unit increases a friction braking force applied to the drive wheel by the friction braking device so that the friction braking force exceeds the braking force provided by the drive braking torque by the reverse rotation timing predicted by the reverse rotation prediction unit at the latest.

A method for determining a continuous braking power for a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, the method having the steps: determining an ambient temperature; determining a speed, wherein the speed is representative of the speed of the vehicle, in particular the commercial vehicle; determining a thermal emission per unit time of a friction braking device on the basis of the ambient temperature and the speed; and determining the continuous braking power of the friction braking device on the basis of the thermal emission per unit time.

A system and method are provided for brake temperature estimation of a trailer. The incline of the surface along which the trailer is being towed is sensed, as well as a brake line pressure to the trailer and the speed. A braking count is derived from braking time periods and a downhill count is derived from downhill driving time periods. An indicator of the brake temperature is then based on the braking count and the downhill count.

A brake motor abnormality detection device may detect abnormality of a brake motor generating a driving force to displace a friction member at a side of a wheel of a vehicle to generate a braking force caused by friction due to the displacement of the friction member. The brake motor abnormality detection device includes a memory in which one or more instructions are stored and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to input input data to an artificial neural network model configured to receive the input data and output an estimation value of an output variable related to an output of the brake motor, obtain the estimation value of the output variable, and detect whether the brake motor is abnormal by using a difference between the estimation value of the output variable and a measurement value of the output variable.

A hydraulic pressure generation motor abnormality detection device may detect abnormality of a hydraulic pressure generation motor configured to drive a pump to generate a hydraulic pressure corresponding to an input displacement of a brake pedal of a vehicle, and includes a memory in which one or more instructions are stored and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions, wherein the processor executes the one or more instructions to input input data to an artificial neural network model configured to receive the input data and output an estimation value of an output variable related to an output of the hydraulic pressure generation motor, obtain the estimation value of the output variable, and detect whether the hydraulic pressure generation motor is abnormal by using a difference between the estimation value of the output variable and an actual measurement value of the output variable.

Disclosed herein are an autonomous emergency braking system and a method of controlling the same, capable of autonomously performing emergency braking using information detected by a radar sensor. The autonomous emergency braking system includes a radar sensor and an ECU. The radar sensor transmits a radio wave and receives a wave reflected from an object in front of a vehicle, so as to detect the object in front of the vehicle. The ECU receives object detection information from the radar sensor, and stops or puts off autonomous emergency braking when the number of times the object is detected within a predetermined distance is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of times, based on the received object detection information.

A braking apparatus for a vehicle may include a receiving unit for receiving driving information of the vehicle, a braking force generating unit for generating a braking force of the vehicle, and a continuous braking control unit for controlling the braking force generating unit based on the driving information to adjust a magnitude of the braking force, where the continuous braking control unit may control the braking force generating unit so as to periodically generate the braking force with the magnitude of between a first braking force and a second braking force.

A steering brake locking system for a vehicle, such as an agricultural tractor, has at least first and second adjacent steering brake pedals, and a locking pin arranged to selectively lock the pedals together. The locking pin and at least a portion of the first and second pedals are formed from a conductive material, such that an electrically conductive path is formed between the first and second pedals through the locking pin when the pin is used to lock the pedals together. The locking status of the pedals can be determined by measuring the electrical conductivity between the first and second pedals.