Patent ID: 8571773

Claim:
A gear selection method for an automatic transmission for a traction phase (Z 2 ) after a coasting phase (S) of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of; forming, with a computational device, a sliding average value of a rotational speed level (n) and/or of a traction force level (Fx) in a traction phase (Z 1 ) before the coasting phase (S) depending on a particular velocity (v) and a particular gradient (ST), storing, in a memory device, the sliding average value of a rotational speed level (n) and/or of a traction force level (Fx), and defining, with a defining device, at least one gear choice of the automatic transmission for the traction phase (Z 2 ) after the coasting phase (S) taking into consideration the sliding average value, wherein a driver's rotational speed requirement (Wn) is defined taking into consideration the sliding average value of the rotational speed level (n) for a current velocity (v′) and a current gradient (ST′) at the end of the coasting phase (S) and a corresponding first and second gear choice are defined on the basis thereof, wherein the first gear choice corresponds to a rotational speed requirement (Wn) above the value determined by the sliding average, and wherein the second gear choice corresponds to a rotational speed requirement (Wn) below the value determined by the sliding average.