Patent ID: 7826942

Claim:
A method of managing braking information for a device including first and second sensors linked to a control unit and configured to sense positioning information concerning a brake pedal moving between released and depressed positions, the method comprising: transmitting to the control unit, by the first sensor, a first pedal “press” signal when the pedal is located between a first partially depressed position and a fully depressed positior and a first “non-press” signal when the pedal is either released or disposed between the first partially depressed position and a released position; transmitting to the control unit, by the second sensor, a second pedal “press” signal when the pedal is located between a second partially depressed position and said fully depressed position and a second “non-press” signal when the pedal is either released or disposed between the second partially depressed position and said released position; processing of signals from the first and second sensors transmitted to the control unit includes indicating a state of the braking device from a plurality of states that can be adopted by the device, wherein regardless of signals sent by the second sensor a first information signal is generated if the first pedal “press” signal and the first pedal “non-press” signal sent by the first sensor are determined to be inconsistent to a first pre-established rule and regardless of signals sent by the first sensor, a second information signal is generated if the second pedal “press” signal and the second pedal “non-press” signal sent by the second sensor are determined to be inconsistent to a second pre-established rule, wherein if said first and second information signals are generated simultaneously, then the control unit indicates that the device is in an unavailable state.