Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gear shift indicator
- Patent Title (中): 换挡指示器
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Application No.: US13577304Application Date: 2011-02-23
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Publication No.: US08749370B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Shuntaro Shinohara , Shinji Kato , Kazumitsu Sugano
- Applicant: Shuntaro Shinohara , Shinji Kato , Kazumitsu Sugano
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2010-044479 20100301
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/001003 WO 20110223
- International Announcement: WO2011/108224 WO 20110909
- Main IPC: B60Q1/00
- IPC: B60Q1/00

Abstract:
A gear shift indicator can reduce bothersome feelings of the driver. The EFI-ECU acquires information about the travelling state of a vehicle, and calculates a target gear shift stage for improving fuel consumption. The EFI-ECU acquires information about a current gear shift stage. The EFI-ECU determines that a gear shift request is generated when the current gear shift stage is different from the target gear shift stage. When the EFI-ECU determines that an AI control is under execution and that the calculated target gear shift stage is a restricted gear shift stage prohibited in the AI control, the EFI-ECU does not present a gear shift indication.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120312222A1 GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR Public/Granted day:2012-12-13
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