Electronic shift control apparatus and method for controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJae Yeon YU, Yeong Jik KIM
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Abstract
In a column-type electronic shift control apparatus of which position may be varied not only by driving a driving unit but also by a predetermined amount of external force, and which may prevent unintentional shifting when the position is changed by the predetermined amount of external force, and a method for controlling the same, the shift control apparatus includes a housing; a column module including a module body rotatably coupled to the housing, and a shift lever rotatably hinged relative to the module body and protruding from the housing; and a driving unit provided in the housing and engaged to the module body to rotate the module body.
Claims20
A shift control apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a column module including a module body rotatably coupled to the housing, and a shift lever rotatably hinged relative to the module body and protruding from the housing;
- and
- a driving unit provided in the housing and engaged to the module body to rotate the module body.
A method of controlling a shift control apparatus, the method comprising:
- in response that a column module is in a standby mode, operating, by a processor, a driving unit and determining whether the driving unit is operating;
- in response that the driving unit operates, determining, by the processor, whether the column module is rotating;
- in response that operations of the driving unit and the column module stop, determining, by the processor, whether the column module is in a use mode;
- in response that the column module is in the use mode, determining, by the processor, that a gear stage is in a changeable state;
- determining, by the processor, whether a position of the shift lever has changed;
- and
- in response that the position of the shift lever changes, transmitting, by the processor, a shift signal according to the position of the shift lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.