Patent ID: 8027774

Claim:
A method for ensuring a standstill of a motor vehicle having at least one electronic control unit by which the motor vehicle is braked down to a standstill while maintaining a specific distance to a target object, the method comprising the acts of: prior to reaching the standstill, determining by the control unit whether a predefined inclination threshold is exceeded; prior to reaching the standstill, determining by the control unit whether a velocity of the motor vehicle has fallen below a predefined travel velocity threshold; prior to reaching the standstill, determining by the control unit whether a negative vehicle acceleration of the motor vehicle is occurring; and predefining by the control unit an increased set point braking torque until the standstill of the vehicle is reached when the exceeding of the predefined inclination threshold, the falling below of the predefined travel velocity threshold, and the negative vehicle acceleration exist simultaneously, and wherein the increased set point braking torque is greater than a control-technology setpoint braking torque just required for typical regulation of a setpoint velocity or a setpoint distance, and wherein the increased set point braking torque is applied, by a brake regulation module to account for an increased demand on the motor vehicle's braking system at the standstill.