Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuya IMAMURA, Yoichiro Isami, Taro Moteki, Yukari Okamura
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle capable of switching a mode between a manual mode in which a driver performs gear shift operation and an automatic mode in which the driver does not need to perform the gear shift operation. The vehicle comprises a manual mode shift selector used to select a gear position in the manual mode and an automatic mode shift selector used to select a range in the automatic mode. When a first condition is satisfied, the range is set to a non-travel range at the time when the mode is switched from the manual mode to the automatic mode.
Claims15
A vehicle capable of switching a mode between a manual mode in which a driver performs gear shift operation and an automatic mode in which the driver does not need to perform the gear shift operation,
- the vehicle comprising:
- a manual mode shift selector used to select a gear position in the manual mode;
- and
- an automatic mode shift selector used to select a range in the automatic mode, wherein
- when a first condition is satisfied, the range is set to a non-travel range at the time when the mode is switched from the manual mode to the automatic mode.
A vehicle capable of switching a mode between a manual mode in which a driver performs gear shift operation and an automatic mode in which the driver does not need to perform the gear shift operation,
- the vehicle comprising:
- a manual mode shift selector used to select a gear position in the manual mode;
- and
- an automatic mode shift selector used to select a range in the automatic mode, wherein
- when a second condition is satisfied, the range is set to a travel range at the time when the mode is switched from the manual mode to the automatic mode.
A vehicle capable of switching a mode between a manual mode in which a driver performs gear shift operation and an automatic mode in which the driver does not need to perform the gear shift operation,
- the vehicle comprising:
- a manual mode shift selector used to select a gear position in the manual mode;
- and
- an automatic mode shift selector used to select a range in the automatic mode, wherein
- the range is set to a non-travel range at the time when the mode is switched from the manual mode to the automatic mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.