Comfort Brake Control System for Adaptive Braking Profiles

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing self-driving vehicle brake control systems lack an optimal solution for setting brake policies according to user requirements and fail to timely detect deviations between actual and expected braking processes, affecting user experience and trust in self-driving technology.

Innovation Solution

A comfort brake control system and method that includes a human-machine interaction interface for selecting comfort brake levels and a comfort brake module to determine switching conditions, adjust brake parameters, and transmit them to the vehicle's brake system via a vehicle bus, ensuring real-time monitoring and adjustment of the braking process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If multiple comfort brake levels are provided with different brake parameters, then user experience and braking comfort are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebraking comfortVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts brake parameters (brake pressure and brake pressure change rate) based on the selected comfort brake level. The control module switches between different brake parameter sets corresponding to different comfort levels, making the braking behavior adaptable to user preferences while maintaining manageable system complexity through parameter-based control

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements multiple comfort brake levels by defining different brake parameter sets, where each level corresponds to specific brake pressure and brake pressure change rate values. By changing these parameters according to user selection, the system achieves varied braking comfort without requiring fundamentally different hardware configurations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If real-time monitoring and adjustment of braking process is implemented, then braking comfort and safety are improved, but use of energy increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebraking safetyVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The comfort brake module continuously monitors the actual braking process by obtaining feedback information about brake pressure and vehicle state. This feedback mechanism enables real-time detection of deviations from expected braking behavior and allows the system to adjust brake parameters accordingly, ensuring safety while optimizing energy usage through intelligent control

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Loss of information

If deviation detection between actual and expected braking processes is added, then user experience is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebraking process monitoringVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system detects deviations between actual and expected braking processes by comparing feedback information about actual brake pressure and vehicle state against predetermined braking profiles. This feedback-based deviation detection ensures complete monitoring of the braking process while maintaining relatively simple system architecture through comparative analysis

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP4480768A1Comfort brake control system and control method for vehicle technical field
Publication Date: 2024.12.25 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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AI summary

The present invention provides a comfort brake control system (100) and a brake method for a vehicle (V). The comfort brake control system (100) includes: a human-machine interaction interface (HMI 10), configured to provide an interface of multiple optional comfort brake levels of the vehicle (V), and receive selection of one of the multiple comfort brake levels to switch a current comfort brake level of the vehicle (V), wherein each comfort brake level comprises a brake parameter corresponding to the comfort brake level, and the brake parameter comprises at least brake pressure and a brake pressure change rate of at least one brake cylinder of the vehicle (V); and a comfort brake module (20), configured to determine whether a current state of the vehicle (V) meets a predetermined switching condition; and when it is determined that the switching condition is met, obtain a brake parameter corresponding to a selected comfort brake level, and transmit the obtained brake parameter to a brake system of the vehicle (V) by using a vehicle bus of the vehicle (V).