A method for operating an automated locking brake in a motor vehicle includes setting a defined deceleration of the vehicle with the locking brake during a locking brake process, shutting-off activation of the locking brake when a shut-off condition has been satisfied, and taking into account at least one predicted value of the locking brake process in the shut-off condition.

A driving assistance apparatus includes a processor having hardware. The processor is configured to acquire vehicle speed data before an ABS of a vehicle is activated and vehicle speed data when the ABS of the vehicle is stopped, calculate a coefficient of sliding friction based on the vehicle speed data before the ABS is activated and the vehicle speed data when the ABS is stopped, determine whether the coefficient of sliding friction is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and detect that a slip due to road freezing has occurred when the coefficient of sliding friction is equal to or smaller than the threshold.

Methods and systems for operating a vehicle on a reduced traction surface are disclosed. A controller of the vehicle obtains at least one of: ambient information or GPS information, determines a derate increment size based on the ambient or GPS information, imposes a sustained derate by applying a torque limit on a braking torque of the vehicle based on the derate increment size in response to detecting a traction control event. The controller also determines a verification period and a derate reduction period based on the ambient or GPS information to reduce the sustained derate in response to detecting a lack of traction control event during the verification period at a rate determined by the derate reduction period.

Methods and systems for operating a vehicle on a reduced traction surface are disclosed. A controller of the vehicle obtains at least one of: ambient information or GPS information, determines a derate increment size based on the ambient or GPS information, imposes a sustained derate by applying a torque limit on a braking torque of the vehicle based on the derate increment size in response to detecting a traction control event. The controller also determines a verification period and a derate reduction period based on the ambient or GPS information to reduce the sustained derate in response to detecting a lack of traction control event during the verification period at a rate determined by the derate reduction period.

A control unit (130, 140, 300) for controlling a heavy duty vehicle (100), wherein the control unit is arranged to obtain an acceleration profile (a.sub.req) and a curvature profile (c.sub.req) indicative of a desired maneuver by the vehicle (100), the control unit (130, 140, 300) comprising a force generation module (310) configured to determine a set of global vehicle forces and moments required to execute the desired maneuver, the control unit (130, 140, 300) further comprising a motion support device, MSD, coordination module (320) arranged to coordinate one or more MSDs to collectively provide the global vehicle forces and moments by generating one or more respective wheel forces, and an inverse tyre model (330) configured to map the one or more wheel forces into equivalent wheel slips (λ), wherein the control unit (130, 140, 300) is arranged to request the wheel slips (λ) from the MSDs.

A method for controlling wheel slip in a braking system of a vehicle includes receiving, by an input interface module of a slip control module, information representative of the vehicle and information representative of an estimate of the status of the vehicle, outputting, by the input interface module, input wheel slip control information, determining, by a parameter self-loading module, based on information representative of the vehicle and information representative of an estimate of the status of the vehicle, wheel slip control parameters, determining, by a plurality of wheel slip control enabling modules of the slip control module, a plurality of enabling signals of the wheel slip control, and determining, by each closed-loop wheel slip control module of a plurality of closed-loop wheel slip control modules of the slip control module a setpoint value of a control variable to be applied to a respective corner of the vehicle to minimize error between the defined slip setpoint and the estimated wheel slip value.

A driving assistance apparatus includes a processor having hardware. The processor is configured to acquire vehicle speed data before an ABS of a vehicle is activated and vehicle speed data when the ABS of the vehicle is stopped, calculate a coefficient of sliding friction based on the vehicle speed data before the ABS is activated and the vehicle speed data when the ABS is stopped, determine whether the coefficient of sliding friction is equal to or smaller than a threshold, and detect that a slip due to road freezing has occurred when the coefficient of sliding friction is equal to or smaller than the threshold.

The invention relates to a method for improving the control behavior of an electronic motor vehicle braking system which comprises at least a slip control function. Wheel dynamic information which is evaluated as a criterion for initiating a control intervention is used individually for each wheel and is compared with control thresholds for a pressure reduction phase, a pressure maintenance phase, and a pressure buildup phase for generating corresponding braking torques by means of a vehicle braking system. According to the invention, the expected acceleration change of a vehicle wheel is calculated from a pressure change at said wheel, said pressure change being caused by a control intervention; the actual acceleration change at the vehicle wheel, said acceleration change being caused by the pressure change, is determined from measured wheel speeds as wheel dynamic information; and the control behavior of the slip control is adapted when the actual acceleration change deviates from the expected acceleration change by a defined degree such that the deviation is minimized.

A vehicle brake system includes: a brake device configured to apply a braking force to a wheel; and a controller configured to cause the brake device to perform an ABS operation when a slip ratio of the wheel exceeds a threshold. The ABS operation includes a decrease mode in which the braking force is decreased and an increase mode in which the braking force is increased to restore the braking force after the decrease mode. The controller determines a final target braking force that should be attained at an end time point of the ABS operation based on the braking force at a start time point of the ABS operation and determines a cycle time of the ABS operation based on a condition of a road surface on which the vehicle travels. The cycle time is a length of time in which the ABS operation is performed.

Methods and systems for operating a vehicle on a reduced traction surface are disclosed. A controller of the vehicle obtains at least one of: ambient information or GPS information, determines a derate increment size based on the ambient or GPS information, imposes a sustained derate by applying a torque limit on a braking torque of the vehicle based on the derate increment size in response to detecting a traction control event. The controller also determines a verification period and a derate reduction period based on the ambient or GPS information to reduce the sustained derate in response to detecting a lack of traction control event during the verification period at a rate determined by the derate reduction period.