Patent ID: 8255106

Claim:
A method for controlling regenerative braking of a vehicle including a combustion engine and/or at least one electric motor, comprising: calculating a setpoint for braking force applied by a power train to wheels of the vehicle, including regenerative braking effort, the calculated power train wheel braking setpoint being independent of a relationship between a degree to which a brake pedal of the vehicle is depressed and a braking effort applied to the wheels by main brakes of the vehicle; and applying the breaking force from the power train to the wheels of the vehicle according to the calculated power train wheel braking setpoint, wherein the power train wheel braking setpoint (Fr_cons_brake) is defined by the relationship: Fr_cons_brake=Fr_min — 0+β(brake_pdl)*(Fr_min — 1−Fr_min — 0), in which: β is a weighting of the regenerative braking as a function of a position of the brake pedal, defined from the range [0; 100] to the range [0; 1], Fr_min_ 0 is a minimum effort that can be required of the power train (when the brake pedal is not being depressed), Fr_min_ 1 is a maximum level, in terms of absolute value, of the regenerative braking, and wherein the weighting (β) of the regenerative braking is set such that all authorized regenerative braking becomes available once the brake pedal has been depressed to an intermediate brake pedal position.