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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Peter Rebholz-Goldmann, Yokohama, JP;
Toni Frenzel, Heilbronn, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60T 7/02 (2006.01); G01R 19/10 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/221 (2013.01); B60T 7/02 (2013.01); B60T 13/741 (2013.01); B60T 13/748 (2013.01); G01R 19/10 (2013.01); G01R 19/16576 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an electric parking brake includes feeding a timing sequence of changes in current to terminals of an interface for an operator control element for the parking brake. The method further includes performing at least one current measurement at at least one terminal of the interface during the feeding of one of the changes in current. The method further includes determining a driver's request as a function of the at least one current measurement. The method further includes operating the electric parking brake as a function of the determined driver's request.