US 11,938,919 B2
Transmission mode control system
Koichiro Terai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,737.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-107725 (JP), filed on Jul. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001904 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 10/10 (2013.01) [B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0083 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); F16H 59/02 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0221 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0239 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0247 (2013.01); F16H 61/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A transmission mode control system to be applied to a vehicle, the transmission mode control system comprising:
a control device configured to control a transmission mode of the vehicle; and
a first input device configured to accept a switching operation of switching the transmission mode from an automatic transmission mode, in which a gear shift is executed automatically, to a manual transmission mode, in which a gear shift is executed according to an operation by a driver who drives the vehicle, wherein
the control device comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, and
the processor is configured to execute a process comprising
switching the transmission mode from the manual transmission mode to the automatic transmission mode when a switching time set as a switching condition elapses after an operation of the first input device by the driver, and
extending the switching time by a set time when the driver performs a certain operation within a post-switching determination time after the switching time elapses, the certain operation causing a gear ratio to change in a same direction as a change of gear ratio when the gear shift is executed in response to the operation by the driver before the switching time elapses.