Patent ID: 11873893
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 5:
6. A shift control device to be applied to a vehicle provided with an automatic transmission, the shift control device comprising circuitry configured to
detect that the vehicle has passed through a tollgate, the tollgate being through which the vehicle is able to pass without stopping, and
switch a shift mode of the vehicle from a first shift mode to a second shift mode when the shift mode of the vehicle upon passing through the tollgate is the first shift mode and a predetermined condition regarding one or both of a speed of the vehicle and an accelerator opening degree of the vehicle is satisfied after the vehicle passes through the tollgate, the first shift mode being a mode in which a shift operation is performable by a driver who drives the vehicle, the second shift mode being a mode in which a shift operation is performable by the automatic transmission.