An automatic control device for a motorcycle including a control device that automatically controls an automatic cruise control system and a brake system including a front wheel brake and a rear wheel brake includes a brake temperature detection unit that detects a brake temperature. The control device varies operation states of the front wheel brake and the rear wheel brake according to the brake temperature during automatic cruise control. At a time of deceleration in a case where the brake temperature during the automatic cruise control is low, the control device raises the brake temperature by reducing an engine brake of a power unit of a vehicle and increasing operation frequencies of the front wheel brake and the rear wheel brake.

A method for improving operating a vehicle that includes an accelerator pedal is disclosed. In one example, the method assesses a vehicle for accelerator pedal degradation and applies control actions to the vehicle is accelerator pedal degradation is determined. The control actions may include adjusting a throttle position and adjusting vehicle brakes.

A braking system is disclosed. The braking system may include a controller configured to determine a power limit for one or more brakes of a machine based on a temperature of the one or more brakes during engagement of the one or more brakes according to a commanded power. The power limit may be a power at which the temperature of the one or more brakes ceases to increase. The controller may be configured to determine a speed adjustment for the machine based on the power limit and the commanded power, and cause adjustment to a speed of the machine based on the determined speed adjustment.

A braking control method using a predicted friction coefficient of a brake pad in a braking apparatus, which may predict a friction coefficient of a brake pad according to the traveling situation in real time using a wheel velocity, a brake disc temperature, and a braking hydraulic pressure, may include determining a target braking torque determined using the predicted friction coefficient, and then allowing the determined target braking torque to be reflected to a real braking torque through a feedforward control, upon a hydraulic braking control for securing the traveling stability of a vehicle or upon a cooperative control between the regenerative braking and the hydraulic braking, improving the accuracy and response speed of the braking control.

A brake control device for a vehicle includes: a motor connected to wheels; a hydraulic brake that generates a friction braking force based on frictional contact with a brake rotor that integrally rotates with the wheels; a controller that performs coordination control of regenerative brake control, in which a regenerative power generation is performed by the motor on a basis of rotation of the wheels to apply a regenerative braking force to the wheels, and hydraulic brake control, in which the hydraulic brake is operated; and a battery that exchanges power with the motor. Further, in a case where a temperature of the brake rotor is higher than a predetermined temperature when input to the battery is restricted in a state where there is a deceleration request, the controller reduces the friction braking force, and performs the regenerative brake control while power is consumed by an electric device.

A method includes detecting, via a processor of an autonomous vehicle, an upcoming downhill road segment of a route on which the autonomous vehicle is currently travelling. The detection is based on map data, camera data, and/or inertial measurement unit (IMU) data. In response to detecting the upcoming downhill road segment, a descent plan is generated for the autonomous vehicle. The descent plan includes a speed profile and a brake usage plan. The brake usage plan specifies a non-zero amount of retarder usage and an amount of foundation brake usage for a predefined time period. The method also includes autonomously controlling the autonomous vehicle, based on the descent plan, while the autonomous vehicle descends the downhill road segment.

A method includes detecting, via a processor of an autonomous vehicle, an upcoming downhill road segment of a route on which the autonomous vehicle is currently travelling. The detection is based on map data, camera data, and/or inertial measurement unit (IMU) data. In response to detecting the upcoming downhill road segment, a descent plan is generated for the autonomous vehicle. The descent plan includes a speed profile and a brake usage plan. The brake usage plan specifies a non-zero amount of retarder usage and an amount of foundation brake usage for a predefined time period. The method also includes autonomously controlling the autonomous vehicle, based on the descent plan, while the autonomous vehicle descends the downhill road segment.

The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a user-specific configuration of a braking device of a motor vehicle, the method including detecting measurement data using a detector and providing a data record to an evaluation circuitry. Based on the measurement data and data record, a user-specific braking profile is determined. Furthermore, a selected braking profile that has the greatest degree of conformity with the user-specific braking profile is identified from a plurality of braking profiles. A corresponding configuration associated with the selected braking profile is identified as the suitable user-specific configuration. A changeover operation is triggered in order to provide the user-specific configuration in the motor vehicle.

A braking control method using a predicted friction coefficient of a brake pad in a braking apparatus, which may predict a friction coefficient of a brake pad according to the traveling situation in real time using a wheel velocity, a brake disc temperature, and a braking hydraulic pressure, may include determining a target braking torque determined using the predicted friction coefficient, and then allowing the determined target braking torque to be reflected to a real braking torque through a feedforward control, upon a hydraulic braking control for securing the traveling stability of a vehicle or upon a cooperative control between the regenerative braking and the hydraulic braking, improving the accuracy and response speed of the braking control.

The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a user-specific configuration of a braking device of a motor vehicle, the method including detecting measurement data using a detector and providing a data record to an evaluation circuitry. Based on the measurement data and data record, a user-specific braking profile is determined. Furthermore, a selected braking profile that has the greatest degree of conformity with the user-specific braking profile is identified from a plurality of braking profiles. A corresponding configuration associated with the selected braking profile is identified as the suitable user-specific configuration. A changeover operation is triggered in order to provide the user-specific configuration in the motor vehicle.