Patent ID: 6952637

Claim:
Apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an active suspension system for connecting a vehicle body and vehicle wheels, said suspension system including at least one suspension sensor for sensing an operating parameter of said suspension system and at least one suspension actuator for modifying a performance characteristic of said suspension system; an active suspension control for controlling said suspension system performance characteristic in response to said suspension sensor; a road surface classifier responsive to said suspension sensor for generating a road surface signal representing a roughness of a road surface over which said vehicle travels; a braking system including a wheel speed sensor and a brake actuator; and an active braking control for detecting wheel slip in response to said wheel speed sensor during at least one of braking or accelerating of said vehicle and for modulating actuation of said brake actuator in response to said detected wheel slip, said active braking control being responsive to said road surface signal for modifying modulation of said brake actuator as a function of said road surface signal.