• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1528-1530
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• 2008

기존의 EPB 시스템에서는 제동력을 측정하기 위하여 hall effect force 센서를 이용하고 있지만, 이 센서는 비싼 가격과, 구조상 장착의 어려움 등의 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 hall effect force 센서에 비해 저가이며, 기구적인 면에서 단순한 구조를 가지는 전류 센서만을 이용하여, 모터 유도 전류와 각가속도 정보를 획득하고, 이것을 이용하여 EPB 제동력을 추정하는 기법을 제안하고 실험을 통해 검증한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.8-17
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• 2010

In this paper, a fault tolerant control against sensor faults of electric parking brake (EPB) is proposed. Fault tolerant control method of EPB system is strongly demanded since sensor faults can endanger a driver's safety. In this paper, a clamp force estimation method is presented using motor's armature current and angular velocity. Clamp force estimation method is applied for fault detection method with parity equations. The goal of the detection method is to detect and identify faults in encoder, current sensor, force sensor, and parking cable. And a switching logic for fault tolerant control against the three sensor faults is suggested. Experimental results show that the proposed force estimation method satisfies the specifications of EPB system. The effectiveness of the fault detection method is validated with experimental results. Although a single sensor fault happens, EPB system with the proposed fault detection method does not develop into a failure on subsystem or system level.

• 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.