Method for cleaning brake discs when vehicles are operated in snowy environments

Abstract

The process of cleaning brake discs in a vehicle involves: determining, by the brake disc cleaning unit, whether the vehicle is traveling in a snowy environment; checking, while the vehicle is traveling in a snowy environment, whether the conditions for activating brake disc cleaning are met; and creating, while the conditions for activating brake disc cleaning are met, a predetermined brake pressure for a predetermined period of time to clean the brake discs. where determining whether a vehicle is moving in a snowy environment is based on at least one of the following: (i) image data obtained from the front and / or rear cameras combined with a speed greater than or equal to a predetermined test vehicle speed threshold, where the images obtained from the front and / or rear cameras are used to identify whether the surrounding environment is snowy; and (ii) data relating to the vehicle's current driving mode is Snow driving mode combined with ambient temperatures less than or equal to a predetermined temperature threshold.