Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

John Broderick

Scott J Lauffer

Michael Edward Brewer

Ashrit Das

Eric Shin

A method and system for jerk-free stopping of a motor vehicle to automatically bring the motor vehicle to a standstill at a predetermined destination point, wherein the deceleration exerted on the motor vehicle is ascertained, entirely or in part, as the difference of a spring force component and a damping component, with the damping component being proportional to the present vehicle velocity.

Method and system for jerk-free stopping a motor vehicle

A distance to stop a vehicle is received. A trajectory including a plurality of acceleration segments, being respective portions of the trajectory prescribing at least one of an acceleration and a jerk elapsing for a specified period of time, is plotted according to the distance. At least one of a vehicle brake and a vehicle propulsion are adjusted based on the trajectory to stop at the distance. The acceleration segments include two or more of a ramp-in, a deceleration, a ramp-out, and a final deceleration.

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