Patent ID: 7695404

Claim:
A shift control apparatus for an automatic transmission for a vehicle, the automatic transmission having an automatic shift mode in which the automatic transmission is automatically shifted using an entire shift range of the automatic transmission in a predetermined shift manner and a manual shift mode in which the shift range of the automatic shifting that is performed in the predetermined shift manner is limited in response to a manual operation of a driver, a shift manner changing portion that changes the shift manner based on at least one of a running condition of a vehicle and an operation by the driver so that AI shift control, for preventing busy-shifting of the automatic transmission caused when the automatic transmission is automatically shifted, and for obtaining a predetermined drive power source brake force, is executed, the automatic shift mode and the manual shift mode being selectable by the driver; and a change limiting portion that prohibits the shift manner to be changed by the shift manner changing portion, wherein the shift manner changing portion changes the shift manner so that the AI shift control is executed in both the automatic shift mode and the manual shift mode, and wherein the change limiting portion's prohibition of a change in the shift manner made by the shift manner changing portion is canceled so that the AI shift control is executed without the prohibition when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or higher than a reference vehicle speed in the manual shift mode.