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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Alexander Fuchs, Sindelfingen, DE;
Wolfgang Kiesewetter, Altdorf, DE;
Bernd Knoff, Esslingen, DE;
Carsten Lauer, Stuttgart, DE;
Lorenz Maack, Boeblingen, DE;
Eberhard Pfeifle, Lorch, DE;
Manfred Steiner, Winnenden, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In a method for carrying out an automatic braking operation in a vehicle, a stte variable for describing driver's reactions and/or events outside the vehicle is sensed by means of a sensor, compared with a reference value and, when the reference value is exceeded, a higher braking pressure than the braking pressure corresponding to the brake pedal position is generated. In order to increase reliability, the automatic generation of braking pressure is suspended for a specific holding time if the state variable which is sensed by sensor means lies outside an acceptable tolerance range.