US 12,291,178 B2
Apparatus, method and computer readable storage medium for changing brake mode using brake pedal
Sang Bum Koh, Suwon-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,503.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0016600 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262321 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60T 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60T 7/042 (2013.01) [B60T 2220/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for changing a brake mode using a brake pedal, the apparatus comprising:
a processor, and
a storage medium recording at least one program configured to be executable by the processor, the at least one program including instructions;
a first determination unit configured for determining whether a first condition for changing the brake mode is satisfied, wherein the brake mode refers to driver's required deceleration including a different inclination according to a pedal stroke or a pedal effort of the brake pedal;
a second determination unit configured for determining whether the pedal stroke of the brake pedal and a pressing time of the brake pedal satisfy a second condition, in response that the first condition is satisfied; and
a control unit of changing a current brake mode for a brake system including the brake pedal, in response that the second condition is satisfied,
wherein the first determination unit is configured for concluding that the first condition is satisfied, when a gear shifting is in a P-range, a vehicle speed is 0, and an inclination angle of a road is less than or equal to a predetermined inclination angle.