Vehicle

A vehicle comprising:

• a range input device comprising a gear shift lever and configured to accept an operation of the gear shift lever by a driver who drives a vehicle;
• and
• circuitry configured to switch a transmission range of a transmission in response to the operation of the gear shift lever, wherein
• the transmission range comprises a first range and a second range,
• the range input device
• comprises a first range area corresponding to the first range, a second range area corresponding to the second range, and a third area,
• is configured to accept an operation by which the gear shift lever is moved to the first range area or an operation by which the gear shift lever is moved to the second range area, and
• is structured such that the gear shift lever passes through the second range area when the gear shift lever is operated to the first range area from the third area, and
• the circuitry is configured to:
• store a switching time;
• in response to detection of a first movement of the gear shift lever from the third area to the second range area, measure a residence time during which the gear shift lever is resident at the second range area;
• switch the transmission range to the second range when the residence time is equal to or greater than the stored switching time
• in response to an execution of switching the transmission range to the second range, determine whether a second movement of the gear shift lever from the second range area to the first range area is detected;
• in response to determining that the second movement of the gear shift lever from the second range area to the first range area is detected, determine whether a first time is within a predetermined first threshold time, the first time being a time from when the switching to the second range of the transmission range is executed to the gear shift lever enters the first range area by the second movement;
• in response to determining that the first time is within the predetermined first threshold time, execute a correction process including (i) calculating a corrected time obtained by adding a predetermined second time greater than zero to the residence time, (ii) updating the stored switching time to be equal to the calculated corrected time when the corrected time is less than a predetermined upper limit, and (iii) updating the stored switching time to be equal to the predetermined upper limit when the corrected time is equal to or greater than the predetermined upper limit;
• and
• in response to determining that the first time is not within the predetermined first threshold time, skip the execution of the correction process.

A vehicle comprising:

• a range input device comprising a gear shift lever and configured to accept an operation of the gear shift lever by a driver who drives a vehicle;
• and
• a shift by wire control device configured to switch a transmission range of a transmission in response to the operation of the gear shift lever, wherein
• the transmission range comprises a first range and a second range,
• wherein the range input device comprises a first range area corresponding to the first range, a second range area corresponding to the second range, and a third area other than the first and second range areas,
• is configured to accept an operation by which the gear shift lever is moved to the first range area or an operation by which the gear shift lever is moved to the second range area, and
• is structured such that the gear shift lever passes through the second range area when the gear shift lever is operated to the first range area from the third area, and
• wherein the shift by wire control device comprises a processor and a storage storing a switching time and instructions causing the processor to:
• in response to detection of a movement of the gear shift lever from the third area to the first range area, measure a residence time during which the gear shift lever is resident at the second range area;
• switch the transmission range to the second range when the residence time is equal to or greater than the stored switching time;
• count a number of occurrences of an event in which the movement satisfies conditions that (i) the residence time measured in the movement is equal to or greater than the stored switching time and (ii) the residence time measured in the movement is equal to or less than a predetermined time;
• in response to the number of occurrences of the event being equal to or greater than a predetermined value greater than one, execute a correction process including (i) calculating a corrected time obtained by adding a predetermined time greater than zero to an average value or a maximum value of measured residence times in past events, (ii) updating the stored switching time to be equal to the calculated corrected time when the corrected time is less than a predetermined upper limit, and (iii) updating the stored switching time to be equal to the predetermined upper limit when the corrected time is equal to or greater than the predetermined upper limit;
• and
• in response to execution of the correction process, reset the counted number of occurrences of the event to zero.