IP Library Granted Patent US 11,009,122
Granted Patent B2
US 11,009,122 · App. 16/473,447 · Granted May 18, 2021

Transmission control device

Inventors: Masashi Seimiya (Ibaraki, JP); Yoshiyuki Yoshida (Ibaraki, JP); Takashi Matsuoka (Ibaraki, JP); Tomoyasu Sakaguchi (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
F16H61/0204F16H2708/22
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Patent No.
US 11,009,122
App. No.
16/473,447
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is proposed a gearshift control device which can reduce a transmission load due to preshift, and improve fuel efficiency of a vehicle. A gearshift control device which controls a transmission 50 including two systems of power transmission mechanisms, and preshifts the transmission 50 based on a traveling plan during automatic driving of a vehicle. The gearshift control device makes automatic driving preshift execution decision of planning control contents of the transmission 50 based on the traveling plan, and preshift execution decision of deciding whether or not to preshift the transmission based on a control plan of the transmission 50.

Claims (16)

1. A transmission control device which controls a transmission including two power transmission systems, wherein a transmission control content of a control plan is planned based on a traveling plan during automatic driving of a vehicle, the transmission control device including an automatic operation pre-shift execution determination section configured to:

judge whether to execute a pre-shift of the transmission based on the control plan of the transmission, and

release the pre-shift according to the pre-shift execution judgment.

2. The transmission control device according to claim 1 , wherein the traveling plan is calculated based on one of a navigation system, a radar, a camera or map information.

3. The transmission control device according to claim 1 , wherein the traveling plan includes a driving force plan value.

4. The transmission control device according to claim 3 , wherein, when the driving force plan value is larger than a threshold set in advance according to a gear position and a vehicle speed, the preshift is executed.

5. The transmission control device according to claim 1 , wherein the traveling plan includes a vehicle speed plan value.

6. The transmission control device according to claim 5 , wherein, when the vehicle speed plan value is larger than a threshold set in advance according to a gear position, the preshift is executed.

7. The transmission control device according to claim 1 , wherein the traveling plan includes a gradient plan value.

8. The transmission control device according to claim 7 , wherein, when the gradient plan value is larger than a threshold set in advance according to a gear position and a vehicle speed, the preshift is executed.

9. The transmission control device according to claim 1 , wherein the traveling plan includes an inter-vehicle distance plan value.

10. The transmission control device according to claim 9 , wherein, when the inter-vehicle distance plan value is larger than a threshold set in advance according to a gear position and a vehicle speed, the preshift is executed.

11. A transmission control device that controls a transmission equipped with a pre-shift gearbox based on a traveling plan during automatic operation of a vehicle, comprising:

a pre-shift execution judgment unit configured to judge whether to execute a pre-shift of the transmission based on the traveling plan of the transmission, and to release the pre-shift according to the pre-shift execution judgment.

12. A transmission control device for controlling a transmission equipped with two power transmission systems, wherein a transmission control content is planned based on a traveling plan during automatic operation of a vehicle, comprising:

an automatic operation pre-shift execution determination section configured to, when a pre-shift execution judgment is no, cause a pre-shift gear position to be set to N.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 2, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057655/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2019
From: SEIMIYA, MASASHI; YOSHIDA, YOSHIYUKI; MATSUOKA, TAKASHI; SAKAGUCHI, TOMOYASU
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049580/0975 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-056812 · Mar 23, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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