Patent ID: 7949452

Claim:
A method for optimizing the shifting of transmission gears (gear ratios) in a motor vehicle for a given route along which the motor vehicle is being driven, comprising: conducting a plurality of simulations of driving the motor vehicle along the given route for a period of time extending into the future, wherein a different, non-previously-assigned or non-previously-fixed gear-shifting strategy comprising one or more combinations of engine speed and from/to gear-shift sequence according to which the motor vehicle potentially could be operated while being driven along the given route for the period of time extending into the future is tested or gamed out in each of the simulations; selecting from among the various gear-shifting strategies that have been tested or gamed out one which is specifically tailored to the given route to optimize a preselected driving-related criterion; and implementing the selected gear-shifting strategy while the motor vehicle is being driven along the given route.