Patent ID: 8065063
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shift-by-speech transmission system configured to select a gear indicated by a driver's voice command for a vehicle, the shift-by-speech transmission system comprising: a microphone configured to pick up the driver's voice command; a voice recognition program configured to analyze the driver's voice command for a driver's particular gear selection, wherein the voice recognition program generates an output signal indicating the driver's particular gear selection if the driver's voice command is successfully understood; a shift-by-speech transmission control system containing a manual-shifting mode control logic block operatively connected to a transmission gearbox, wherein the output signal of the voice recognition program to the shift-by-speech transmission control system enables choosing the driver's particular gear selection or a mechanically-safer gear for the transmission gearbox; a transmission and/or engine protection logic operatively connected to the shift-by-speech transmission control system, wherein the transmission and engine protection logic is configured to determine whether the driver's particular gear selection causes a mechanically-detrimental condition to the shift-by-speech transmission system, to an engine, or to other parts of the vehicle; and an intelligent shifting algorithm logic configured to choose the mechanically-safer gear instead of the driver's particular gear selection if the transmission and/or engine protection logic determines that the driver's particular gear selection causes the mechanically-detrimental condition.