Patent ID: 7367922

Claim:
A device for controlling an automatically shifting transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising: a first selection device, said first selection device permitting setting of at least gear speeds which are adjustable in an automatic mode; a second selection device, said second selection device permitting manual shifting up or shifting down the gears of the transmission in stages in a manual mode; and an electronic control device, said control device controls actuators for the transmission as a function of signals from at least one of the first and second selection devices and from additional input signals, wherein when the second selection device is actuated, the control device controls the transmission actuators to perform a requested gear change in the manual mode directly from the automatic mode, after an actuation of the second selection device which has resulted in a direct gear shift in the manual mode starting from the automatic mode, the control device performs a verification process to determine whether a positive longitudinal acceleration process is present or has begun within a predetermined first time window, and a switch is made from the manual mode back to the automatic mode if the positive longitudinal acceleration process has not occurred or begun within the first predetermined time window.