Patent ID: 8352144

Claim:
A method for controlling an electromechanical parking brake system of a vehicle, wherein the electromechanical parking brake system includes at least one actuating element, at least one brake mechanism unit and at least one control device, the method comprising: automatically activating the at least one brake mechanism unit in response to a speed of the vehicle falling below an activation threshold, while the brake mechanism unit is activated, receiving a braking request from a user via the at least one actuating element, and in response to the braking request, applying the at least one brake mechanism unit at a predefined application speed in a controlled manner using a control and evaluation routine executed in the control device, determining the vehicle speed prevailing on actuation of the at least one actuating element, selecting the application speed of the brake mechanism unit as a function of the determined vehicle speed, and automatically deactivating the at least one brake mechanism unit in response to the speed of the vehicle increasing above a predetermined deactivation threshold that is lower than the activation threshold.