Patent ID: 6801845
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: B60K,B60W,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
Method for control of an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle which is equipped with a cruise control wherein upon manual activation by the driver of the cruise control in the state â€œsetâ€  a change is made to a driving program for constantly keeping the velocity of the motor vehicle existing at the activation and which is given up, the same as the motor vehicle being automatically decelerated by the driver or accelerated by the driver and thereby passing over to the state â€œrestoreâ€  characterized in that, when activating the cruise control in the â€œsetâ€  state, the driving program is selected from a group of driving programs as function of external influences on the motor vehicle, specially of the road inclination, and as function of a preset driving mode, that upon change of the external inferences, specially of the road inclination, one other driving program is automatically selected from the group of driving programs and that upon deactivation of the cruise control and subsequent activation of the state â€œrestoreâ€  the transmission control can be adjusted so that the cruise control and therewith the selection of an adequate driving program are to be activated immediately or after reaching the state â€œsetâ€ .