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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Ralf Kinder, Eitelborn, DE;
Gerhard Klapper, Boppard, DE;
Reza Shokoufandeh, Conventry, GB;
Franz-josef Endres, Sessenhause, DE;
Ralf Leiter, Vallendar, DE;
Lorenz Maack, Böblingen, DE;
Andreas Söns, Grafenau, DE;
Ralf Kinder, Eitelborn, DE;
Gerhard Klapper, Boppard, DE;
Reza Shokoufandeh, Conventry, GB;
Franz-Josef Endres, Sessenhause, DE;
Ralf Leiter, Vallendar, DE;
Lorenz Maack, Böblingen, DE;
Andreas Söns, Grafenau, DE;
Lucas Automotive GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a device for controlling braking equipment of a motor vehicle. Here, an operating state of a motor vehicle is determined, in which the motor vehicle is to be brought from a state, in which its speed is not zero, into a state, in which the vehicle no longer moves. If such a transition from a traveling state into a state of standstill is determined, braking equipment of the motor vehicle is controlled such that braking forces are produced, which are capable of bringing the motor vehicle into the state of standstill and/or assisting a vehicle driver in doing this. It is also possible to produce braking forces in the state of standstill, which are capable of holding the motor vehicle in the state of standstill. The present invention additionally enables to assist a vehicle driver when starting a motor vehicle. In this case, an operating state of the motor vehicle is detected in which the motor vehicle is to be brought from a state of standstill into a traveling state. If such an operating state is present, the braking equipment of the motor vehicle is controlled such that the braking forces produced by the braking equipment in the state of standstill are reduced in such a way as to allow a transition into the traveling state and/or to assist the vehicle driver in this respect.