Patent ID: 6318819
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B60T,B60W

Abstract:
A method for handling errors in a modular-design electronic brake system of vehicles comprised of a number of intelligent modules, comprising the steps of:determining and defining a small number of unambiguous technological operating conditions of the brake system with predefined technological events which alone effect a transition from one operating condition to the next condition;combining the technological operating conditions with condition-specific control measures as well as with measures warning the driver of the vehicle;detecting errors in the brake system and implementing error-condition-responsive error handling in accordance with the operating conditions;determining and defining a plurality of unambiguous technological operating conditions of the respective module with predefinition of certain, defined technological events which alone effect a transition from one operating condition of the module to the next condition;combining the technological operating conditions of the module with at least one condition-specific control, regulatory, reporting, and warning measure; anddetecting errors in the respective module and implementing error-condition-responsive error handling in accordance with the operating conditions of the module.