Patent ID: 6778895
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A method of shifting a vehicle transmission by a driver's voice, the method comprising the steps of:issuing a voice command (20) to a voice command input device; converting the voice command to an electronic command signal and outputting the electronic command signal to a voice command convertor device (20) having a memory (22); comparing the electronic command signal from the driver with a plurality of reference voice commands electronically stored in the memory (22) to determine a desired one of the reference voice commands; forming a transmission control signal based on the determined desired one of the voice commands; calculating a shift signal in the transmission control (6); and directly overriding a shift signal generated by the transmission control (6) with the electronic command signal generated by the driver's voice command to obtain a new shift signal and executing the transmission shift solely according to the new shift signal which is appropriate for the driving situation.