US 11,873,893 B2
Shift control device
Kazufumi Maehara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,515.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-084598 (JP), filed on May 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0383837 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 61/02 (2006.01); F16H 59/18 (2006.01); F16H 59/24 (2006.01); F16H 59/60 (2006.01); F16H 61/10 (2006.01); F16H 61/68 (2006.01); F16H 63/50 (2006.01); B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F16H 61/21 (2006.01); F02D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/0213 (2013.01) [B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); F16H 59/18 (2013.01); F16H 59/24 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 2555/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); F02D 29/00 (2013.01); F16H 59/60 (2013.01); F16H 61/10 (2013.01); F16H 61/21 (2013.01); F16H 61/68 (2013.01); F16H 63/50 (2013.01); F16H 63/502 (2013.01); F16H 2059/183 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0234 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shift control device to be applied to a vehicle provided with an automatic transmission, the shift control device comprising:
a detector configured to detect that the vehicle has passed through a tollgate, the tollgate being through which the vehicle is able to pass without stopping; and
a shift mode control processor configured to switch a shift mode of the vehicle from a first shift mode to a second shift mode when the shift mode of the vehicle upon passing through the tollgate is the first shift mode and a predetermined condition regarding one or both of a speed of the vehicle and an accelerator opening degree of the vehicle is satisfied after the vehicle passes through the tollgate, the first shift mode being a mode in which a shift operation is performable by a driver who drives the vehicle, the second shift mode being a mode in which a shift operation is performable by the automatic transmission.