IP Library Granted Patent US 9,410,616
Granted Patent B2
US 9,410,616 · App. 14/953,844 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Shift lever position determination device for vehicle

Inventors: Hiroshi Shibata (Seto, JP); Taiyo Uejima (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F16H59/105F16H59/0204
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Patent No.
US 9,410,616
App. No.
14/953,844
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shift lever position determination device is for a vehicle and includes an electronic control device. The electronic control device is configured to perform a majority determination in a case where more than half of the signals from the plurality of position sensors correspond to the same operating position, and configured to determine whether the operating position of the shift lever is on a M operating position side or a N operating position side in a select direction based on the magnitude relationship of the signals in a case where the majority determination is not satisfied. The electronic control device is configured to determine, in the majority determination, that the operating position corresponding to more than half of the signals is the operating position of the shift lever.

Claims (3)

1. A shift lever position determination device for a vehicle, a shift lever selectively operated from a M operating position toward any one of a N operating position, a B operating position, a D operating position, and a R operating position, the shift lever being configured to mechanically return to the M operating position when not operated, the N operating position being disposed at a position adjacent to the M operating position in a select direction, the B operating position being disposed at a position adjacent to the M operating position in a shift direction, the D operating position being disposed at a position adjacent to the N operating position on one side in the shift direction, the R operating position being disposed at a position adjacent to the N operating position on a second side in the shift direction, and the select direction and the shift direction being orthogonal to each other, the shift lever position determination device comprising:

a plurality of position sensors configured to output signals corresponding to the respective operating positions, the signal continuously changing in response to a movement of the shift lever between the respective operating positions, and a magnitude relationship of the signals being reversed as a result of a movement of the shift lever between the M operating position and the N operating position, and

an electronic control device configured to perform a majority determination in a case where more than half of the signals from the plurality of position sensors correspond to a same operating position, and configured to determine whether an operating position of the shift lever is in the M operating position or the N operating position in the select direction based on the magnitude relationship of the signals in a case where the majority determination is not satisfied, the electronic control device being configured to determine, in the majority determination, that an operating position corresponding to more than half of the signals is the operating position of the shift lever.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2015
From: SHIBATA, HIROSHI; UEJIMA, TAIYO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037166/0230 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-243989 · Dec 2, 2014 · national
JP 2015-163271 · Aug 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160153547A1 · Jun 2, 2016