A method of operating a brake pedal unit of a vehicle, with feedback to an operator of the brake pedal unit, and brake pedal unit

摘要

The invention relates to a method for operating a brake pedal unit (10) of a vehicle, with feedback to a driver. The brake pedal unit (10) has a plurality of pressure or force sensitive sensors (42). According to the invention, output signals of the plurality of pressure or force-sensitive sensors (42) are detected in the method; From the detected output signals, at least one position and / or orientation of the operator's foot (28) relative to the footrest element (16) are determined; and a feedback signal (56) indicative of the determined position and / or orientation is output to an output unit of the vehicle.