Patent ID: 11858491
Assignee: OUTRIDER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. A method for allowing failover between an autonomously controlled braking system and a human controlled braking system in a truck having pneumatic brake lines comprising the steps of:
providing a cab-mounted brake actuator that is handled by the human operator, and thereby selectively delivering pressurized air to truck brakes and a trailer brake air supply;
performing autonomous braking operations in response to control inputs, including, sensing when a human operator handles the actuator;
providing a pressure circuit with a plurality of valves, interconnected between a pressurized air source on the truck, the actuator, the truck brakes and the trailer brake air supply, responsive to the autonomous braking operations, and overriding selective delivery of pressurized air to the truck brakes and the trailer brake air supply in response to the autonomous braking operations in favor of selective delivery of pressurized air via the actuator;
operating a tank monitor to determine whether tank pressure falls below a predetermined threshold, and in response thereto, operating the valves to apply at least one of the service brakes and the parking brakes; and
operating the tank monitor to ignore predetermined sensors and switches within the pressure circuit.