Patent ID: 9321449
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B60W,F16H

Claim Text:
1. A method for choosing a transmission mode in a vehicle over the course of a road section, the method comprising the steps of: simulating, by a speed profile simulation unit of an automated controller comprising a computing unit processor, at least one future speed profile v wherein said simulating is conducted when said road section lies ahead of said vehicle and wherein said simulating is based at least on a road slope; and determining, by a current transmission mode time determining unit of the automated controller, a time period T evaluating, by a lower transmission mode choosing unit of the automated controller, whether a lower transmission mode shall be chosen, and choosing said lower transmission mod; when said applicable time period T controlling, by a utilization unit of the automated controller, a gearbox of the vehicle to implement the lower transmission mode when the lower transmission mode is chosen.