Patent ID: 7917273
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically braking a vehicle having an accelerator pedal and wheel brakes comprising the steps of; establishing a predetermined threshold velocity, measuring the velocity of the vehicle, comparing the velocity of the vehicle to the threshold velocity, sensing one of a depressed and an unpressed position of the accelerator pedal, beginning an automatic braking loop in response to the measured velocity being greater than zero and less than the threshold velocity and in response to the accelerator pedal being in the unpressed position, applying a braking force with the wheel brakes to slow the vehicle, sensing the position of the accelerator pedal, ending the automatic braking loop in response to the accelerator pedal being in the pressed position, measuring the velocity of the vehicle, and ending the automatic braking loop in response to the velocity of the vehicle being zero.