Apparatus for controlling vehicle transmission
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsChikao Nagasaka, Yoshimasa Kunimatsu, Masaki Hayashi
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Abstract
A control apparatus for increasing the reliability of the range shifting of the transmission based on the operation of a shift lever. Only when a shift permission switch is operated by a driver and the shift lever is operated does a determination circuit validate the operation of the shift lever. When the shift permission switch is not operated, the determination circuit does not shift the range of the transmission even when the shift lever is moved.
Claims21
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle transmission, the apparatus comprising:
- a shift device operated by a driver to shift ranges of the transmission, wherein the shift device generates a signal indicating the shift operation of the driver;
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- a shift permission signal generating device for generating a signal when operated by the driver;
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- a determination device for judging whether the operation of the shift device is valid or not based on the signals received from the shift device and the shift permission signal generating device.
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle transmission, the apparatus comprising;
- a shift device operated between a plurality of operation positions by a driver;
- a shift permission switch for generating an operation signal when operated by the driver;
- and a control circuit for receiving the operation signal and validating the operation of the shift device when the shift device is operated.
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle transmission, the apparatus comprising:
- ashiftdeviceoperatedbetweenapluralityofoperationpositionsbyadriver;
- an imaging device for generating an image of an operation of the shift device;
- and a determination circuit for determining whether the operation of the shift device is valid based on the image generated by the imaging device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.