Patent ID: 8590985

Claim:
A brake system for applying a braking force to a plurality of rotatable wheels of a vehicle, comprising: a plurality of brakes, each brake associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of wheels and operative to provide a braking force thereto; and a controller configured to selectively implement a feedback regulation scheme to regulate the braking force applied to the wheels, wherein the feedback regulation scheme is selected based on an operational status of at least one wheel speed sensor in a plurality of wheel speed sensors, wherein the controller receives wheel speed data from the at least one wheel speed sensor, wherein the at least one wheel speed sensor is associated with one of the plurality of wheels, wherein the feedback regulation scheme comprises at least one of deceleration braking control, force braking control, pressure braking control, and open control, wherein the controller selects deceleration braking control, as the feedback regulation scheme based upon at least one of presence of the wheel speed data and a reliability of the wheel speed data.