Patent ID: 7117970

Claim:
A shift device of a vehicle comprising: a gear range shifting mechanism, which is actuated to mechanically shift actual gear ranges of a transmission; an actuator for actuating the gear range shifting mechanism; manipulation range detecting means for detecting a manipulation range, wherein the manipulation range represents manipulation of a shift manipulation element by a driver; actual gear range detecting means for detecting the actual gear range of the transmission; a controller for shifting the actual gear ranges of the transmission by controlling the actuator in accordance with detection signals from the manipulation range detecting means and the actual gear range detecting means; and manipulation range indicating means for indicating the manipulation range based on the detection signal from the manipulation range detecting means, wherein the manipulation range indicating means indicates that the manipulation range does not correspond to the detection signal from the manipulation range detecting means, wherein, during a period from when the manipulation of the shift manipulation element by the driver is confirmed by the manipulation range detecting means until when the shifting of the actual gear range corresponding to the manipulation is completed, the manipulation range indicating means indicates that the gear range is being shifted.