Patent ID: 7559875

Claim:
A method of controlling a shift sequence of a multispeed automatic transmission of a vehicle to reach a target gear from a current gear, the shift sequence requiring multiple shifts of more than one gear-step, the method comprising the steps of: determining the shifting sequence from one of the following sequences when starting from the current gear, depending on a driving situation at a time the target gear is engaged, the sequences including: a direct, one-step shift; a combination of several successive single shifts, in each case from one gear to a next gear in a direction of the target gear; a combination of successive double shifts each through two gears; a successive combination of at least one double shift and at least one single shift; a combination of several successive multiple shifts, each through more than two gears; a successive combination of at least one multiple shift and at least one single shift; a successive combination of at least one multiple shift and at least one double shift; and carrying out one of an upshift and a downshift, to reach a target gear differing by more than one gear-step from the current gear at a time of a shift command, the one of the upshift and downshift starting from the currently encaged gear comprises a combination of successive single shifts each of only one gear-step until the target gear has been reached, when by virtue of a driving strategy of the automatic transmission an unstable driving condition of the vehicle is recognized or when high driving stability is one of recognized by virtue of the driving strategy as a driver's wish or specified by the driver of the vehicle.