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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Herbert Ernst, Ingolstadt, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60Q 5/005 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60T 2210/30 (2013.01); B60T 2210/36 (2013.01); B60T 2250/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for activating a parking brake of a motor vehicle, wherein the parking brake is activated automatically if the motor vehicle is at a standstill or its ignition is switched off. The motor vehicle and/or the environment is detected subsequent to the automatic activation of the parking brake, and that said current situation is compared to stored situations of the motor vehicle and/or the environment, for which a rolling capability of the motor vehicle at a standstill and/or with its ignition switched off has been designated.