Adjustment of the speed of a motor vehicle with an automatic gearbox
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMartin Lankes, Stephan Pindl
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Abstract
A method relieves the burden of a driver of a motor vehicle in which the drive train is provided with a gearbox which can be operated in an automatic mode and a manual mode. The method comprises the following automatic steps: a) detection whether the speed of the vehicle should be adjusted, b) initiation of the adjustment if necessary, and c) the carrying out of the adjustment. During step b) and/or step c) it is determined on one or several occasions whether the gearbox is operating in an automatic mode or in a manual mode in order to trigger a change into the automatic mode of the gearbox if the gearbox is operated in the manual mode.
Claims15
A method for relieving the burden of a driver of a motor vehicle in which the drive train is provided with an automatic gearbox that is operated in a manual mode and can be switched into an automatic mode in which the transmission ratio is changed automatically comprising the following steps:
- a) detecting whether the speed of the vehicle is maintained within a speed range for a predetermined time period;
- b) indicating a possible switch into an automatic mode for said gearbox, by outputting a signal to the driver that the driver confirm a change of the gearbox into the automatic mode;
- c) switching the gearbox into automatic mode after the driver has confirmed the switch;
- d) detecting whether the speed of the vehicle should be adjusted;
- e) initiating of the adjustment of the speed of the vehicle, if necessary;
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- f) carrying out the adjustment of the speed of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.