An Autonomous Emergency Braking Apparatus

• Main Authors: ENGELMAN, GERALD H, TELLIS, LEVASSEUR, JANSSON, JONAS LARS ZAKARIAS, EKMARK, JONAS, TARABISHY, M. NABEEL, BOND, JOHN VINCENT III
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 31.05.2006
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

An autonomous emergency braking apparatus (23) includes an accelerator pedal (29) operated by the driver coupled to a braking system (26) and used to control the overall vehicle speed. When a forward detection apparatus (20) detects an imminent contact, the braking system (26) automatically applies braking force to the vehicle while the vehicle engine speed is reduced. The amount of brake force applied is a continuous function of relative speed, relative distance, collision probability and target classification. When an occupant is not wearing a seatbelt, the amount of brake force is reduced in response to the occupant unbuckled signal of a seatbelt switch (36).