Predictive Damping
It’s better to know what is ahead!
Predictive Damping
Predictive Damping
Predictive Damping
Electronic Control Unit (ECU)
Analysis of the road condition
Key Facts
What can Predictive Damping provide?
One of the essential features for mobility of the future is predictive knowledge about roads and their conditions. ZF’s most modern camera technologies pave the way for recognizing and analyzing the road in advance. Together with the sophisticated control of sensors and damping, “Predictive Damping” tackles adverse obstacles as well as dangers and provides for safe driving.
Details
Advantages
- Detects obstacles and dangers in advance
- Protects parts such as spoiler and strut mounts
- Improves comfort
- Enables damping pre-selection via CDC
- Uses existing cameras made by ZF or other providers
- Capable of being integrated via modular design in available control algorithms
Function
Current CDC systems collect information on the road condition by using the sensors at the front axle of a car. The control unit then calculates the needed damping for the front axle and uses this information as a preview for the rear axle.
In order to predict adverse road conditions also for the front axle, ZF applies the newest camera technologies. They recognize besides signs, people and vehicles also the road condition which is analyzed in the form of the two wheel lanes. With this information the control unit can carry out a pre-selection of the CDC damper already in advance.
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