DE102005012456A1 - Ermittlung eines Fahrzeugzustands - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- B60T8/00—Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force
- B60T8/17—Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
- B60T8/172—Determining control parameters used in the regulation, e.g. by calculations involving measured or detected parameters
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- B60T2250/00—Monitoring, detecting, estimating vehicle conditions
- B60T2250/03—Vehicle yaw rate
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| US10/807,088 US7831354B2 (en) | 2004-03-23 | 2004-03-23 | Body state estimation of a vehicle |
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Cited By (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| DE102007002672A1 (de) | 2007-01-18 | 2008-07-24 | Eads Deutschland Gmbh | Verfahren zur Zustandsermittlung eines Körpers |
| DE102007002672B4 (de) | 2007-01-18 | 2023-08-10 | Airbus Defence and Space GmbH | Verfahren zur Ermittlung eines Flugzeugzustandes |
| WO2012113691A1 (de) * | 2011-02-23 | 2012-08-30 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Verfahren und vorrichtung zur bestimmung der schräglage eines fahrzeugs |
| US9605958B2 (en) | 2011-02-23 | 2017-03-28 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Method and device for determining the inclined position of a vehicle |
| DE102022200581A1 (de) | 2022-01-19 | 2023-07-20 | Zf Friedrichshafen Ag | Zonensteuergerät für ein Fahrzeug |
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| US7831354B2 (en) | 2010-11-09 |
| US20050216146A1 (en) | 2005-09-29 |
| JP2005271914A (ja) | 2005-10-06 |
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