Patent ID: 8090510

Claim:
A device for controlling a transmission mechanism of a motor vehicle, the transmission mechanism including a transmission having a clutch, gears each having a dog, and gears each having a recess into which the dog is inserted, the clutch and the gears being actuated by respective actuators, wherein a shift operation is conducted by conducting a dog insert operation in which a specified one of the dogs is inserted into a specified one of the recesses, the device comprising: a shift command receiving unit for receiving a shift command; a shift control unit for conducting disengagement and engagement operations of the clutch and the shift operation including the dog insert operation of the transmission in accordance with the shift command; a shift command timing determining unit for determining timing at which the shift command was issued; a first schedule for use by the shift control unit in a first shift operation when the shift command timing determining unit determines that the shift command was issued at a time when the shift operation was not being conducted, wherein the disengagement operation of the clutch and the dog insert operation of the transmission are conducted in accordance with the first schedule; and a second schedule that is different from the first schedule for use by the shift control unit in a second shift operation when the shift command timing determining unit determines that the shift command was issued at a time when the shift operation and the engagement operation of the clutch were being conducted, wherein the shift control unit interrupts the engagement operation of the clutch and conducts the disengagement operation of the clutch and the dog insert operation of the transmission in accordance with the second schedule.