Control device for automatic transmission

A control device for an automatic transmission,

• the control device being applied to a planetary gear automatic transmission that has a plurality of friction engaging elements switchable between an engaged state and a released state, and that changes a gear position by changing an engaging element to be brought into the engaged state among the friction engaging elements, wherein
• when a jump-down shifting is executed, the control device executes shifting control in which, after engaging elements establishing a pre-shifting gear position are released, an intermediate gear position that is a gear position between the pre-shifting gear position and a post-shifting gear position is established, and after the intermediate gear position is established, the post-shifting gear position is established, and
• when an engaging element able to reduce a rotation speed difference between two rotating bodies connected by engaging elements establishing the intermediate gear position is regarded as a speed difference reducing element, the control device executes a pre-engaging process for generating a torque capacity in the speed difference reducing element while the shifting control is being executed and before establishing the intermediate gear position.