Patent ID: 9371908
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: F16H

Claim Text:
1. A system for controlling a dashboard display of transmission ratios of a motor vehicle including an automatic gearbox, the system comprising: a processor configured to perform processing regarding a received signal corresponding to a request from a driver of the motor vehicle for a specific one of a plurality of transmission ratios; perform a first determination regarding whether speed conditions of the motor vehicle are satisfied for the requested specific transmission ratio; initiate a storage time delay when the first determination determines that the speed conditions of the motor vehicle are not satisfied for the requested specific transmission ratio, the storage time delay being a non-zero, predetermined amount of time to store in memory information regarding the request for the specific one of the plurality of transmission ratios, the information indicating that a change of a current actual transmission ratio of the automatic gear box to the specific one of the plurality of transmission ratios is refused; control display of the requested specific transmission ratio on the dashboard display during the storage time delay; control display of an unavailability indication of the requested specific transmission ratio displayed on the dashboard display during the storage time delay; and perform a second determination, while the unavailability indication is displayed and prior to expiration of the storage time delay, regarding whether the speed conditions of the motor vehicle are satisfied for the requested specific transmission ratio.