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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:

Ottmar Gehring, Kernen, DE;

Carsten Haemmerling, Stuttgart, DE;

Harro Heilmann, Ostfildern, DE;

Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Oberrot, DE;

Gernot Spiegelberg, Heimsheim, DE;

Armin Sulzmann, Oftersheim, DE;

Inventors:

Ottmar Gehring, Kernen, DE;

Carsten Haemmerling, Stuttgart, DE;

Harro Heilmann, Ostfildern, DE;

Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Oberrot, DE;

Gernot Spiegelberg, Heimsheim, DE;

Armin Sulzmann, Oftersheim, DE;

Assignee:

DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a module for detecting the docking of a vehicle, changes of vehicle engine torque and rotational wheel speed of the vehicle are determined as a function of time. It is checked whether the change of the engine torque is >>0 and the change of the rotational wheel speed is <<0. If both of these conditions are met, docking is detected and the vehicle can be braked. The module may be implemented in the form of software.


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