Patent ID: 11878671
Assignee: FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A method comprising:
determining a target deceleration value to be reached by a vehicle system within a first time period that causes the vehicle system to stop within a target stopping distance within a first time, the target deceleration value determined using one or more processors of a brake management system;
applying a non-degraded braking force using at least one braking system of the vehicle system that obtains the target deceleration value;
determining whether a degraded adhesion condition between the vehicle system and a route along which the vehicle system moves exists using the one or more processors of the brake management system; and
responsive to the degraded adhesion condition being determined:
applying a degraded braking force with the at least one braking system that is lower than the non-degraded braking force;
controlling deceleration of the vehicle system using the at least one braking system to reach the target deceleration value within a longer second time that is longer than the first time to allow the vehicle system to reach a zero traveling speed within a degraded stopping distance that is longer than the target stopping distance;
determining a compensation deceleration value as a function of the degraded stopping distance using the one or more processors of the brake management system and based on one or more differences between the degraded braking force and the non-degraded braking force; and
applying the braking system using the at least one braking system to control one or more of the deceleration of the vehicle system or a compensation braking force, the compensation braking force being greater than the non-degraded braking force and based on the compensation deceleration value.