Method and device for controlling a work function of a vehicle and a work vehicle comprising the control device

A computer readable medium comprising a computer program comprising software code for carrying out steps in a method for controlling a work function of a vehicle having an automatic transmission that has a forward gear position for driving the vehicle forwards and a reverse gear position for driving the vehicle backwards when the program is run on a computer, the program carrying out the steps of:

• determining a distance that the vehicle has been driven during at least one sequence of a plurality of sequences after a first sequence of the plurality of sequences, the transmission being in one of the forward gear position or the reverse gear position for the at least one sequence of the plurality of sequences;
• and
• for the at least one sequence of the plurality of sequences, identifying a desired gear mode depending upon the distance that the vehicle has been driven during the at least one sequence of the plurality of sequences.

A device for controlling a work function of a vehicle having an automatic transmission that has a forward gear position for driving the vehicle forwards and a reverse gear position for driving the vehicle backwards, comprising:

• a control arrangement including at least one sensor, the control arrangement being arranged to determine a distance that the vehicle has been driven during at least one sequence of a plurality of sequences after a first sequence of the plurality of sequences, the transmission being in one of the forward gear position or the reverse gear position for the at least one sequence of the plurality of sequences, and the control arrangement being arranged to change gear in the transmission according to a plurality of gear modes and, for the at least one sequence of the plurality of sequences, to identify a desired gear mode based on the distance that the vehicle has been driven during the at least one sequence of the plurality of sequences.

The method as set forth in 20, wherein the transmission is in the forward gear position during the single sequence.