Continental Automotive Gmbh

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Stefan Goss

Alexander Kalbeck

Bernd Pfaffeneder

Armin Sauer

Damiano Molfetta

Markus Kucera

A computer-implemented method for monitoring the function of a safety monitoring system of a control unit of an actuator system of a motor vehicle, wherein it is checked by the function monitoring whether the safety monitoring is performed faultlessly, wherein the safety monitoring is carried out by a first monitoring entity and the function monitoring is carried out by a second monitoring entity, wherein the first monitoring entity sends a result of the safety monitoring as an information item to the second monitoring entity at defined time intervals, wherein the first monitoring entity and the second monitoring entity are free of a common interface, wherein the information item is received by the second monitoring entity by utilizing an interface between the second monitoring entity and the control unit, and wherein the information item is coded in a format which cannot be interpreted by the control unit.

Method, system and computer programme product for monitoring the function of a safety monitoring system of a control unit

In a method for controlling an electronic parking brake system and an electronic parking brake system, a travel-optimized method is used to achieve the released state of the parking brake system. When the parking brake is applied, travel-force values are detected and a plausibility check is run, the values being used to arrive at a first optimized position when the brake is released. If the residual force applied to the brake exceeds a threshold value, the parking brake is released even more until the value remains just under the threshold value or until a maximum defined release travel is achieved.

Electronic parking brake and method for controlling an electronic parking brake

In a system for controlling a parking brake of a brake system of a motor vehicle, a first target value for the braking force of the parking brake is predefined by a operating element for the parking brake and the braking force for the parking brake is released by a operating element. When a start-up intention is detected, the control system minimizes the braking force of the parking brake in relation to the first target value, in accordance with the environmental conditions of the motor vehicle. For the first time a provisional minimization of the braking force of a parking brake for a foreseeable start-up situation is permitted, thus allowing the start-up operation of a motor vehicle to be as comfortable as possible with maximum security of the automatic functions. The system is particularly suitable for electromechanical parking brakes.

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Stefan Goss