• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1525-1527
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• 2008

기존 케이블 puller 방식의 EPB 시스템은 제동력을 측정하기 위하여 hall effect force 센서를 이용하고 있다. 그러나 본 논문에서는 hall effect force 센서를 사용하는 대신 모터의 속도를 이용하여 제동력이 가해지는 시점을 결정한 이후 모터의 회전수에 따른 제동력 추정 기법을 제안하고 실험을 통하여 검증한다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.12
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• pp.2291-2299
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• 2008

Hall effect force sensors have been used to measure clamping force in conventional Electric Parking Brake(EPB) systems. Estimation of clamping force without the sensors has drawn attentions due to mounting space limitations and cost issues. Removing the sensor requires the estimation of the initial contact point where the clamping force is effectively applied to the brake pads. In this paper, we propose how to estimate the initial contact point finding the relation between the angular velocity of an actuator and the initial contact point. For force estimation a look-up table is used as a function of the displacement of parking cable from the initial contact point. The proposed method is validated by experiments. From the experimental results we observe that the proposed method satisfies the specifications. The designed method is also able to estimate clamping force although parking cables are loosened and brake pads are worn out. Applying the proposed method enables manufacturing of low cost EPB systems.