Patent ID: 8831842

Claim:
A system for simulated shifting for a hybrid vehicle comprising: a plurality of wheels; an engine for providing a torque to the plurality of wheels; a sensor configured to detect braking applied by a driver; a transmission coupled to the engine and the plurality of wheels and configured to simulate a current simulated gear and deliver an applied torque to the plurality of wheels, the applied torque being based on a requested deceleration torque that corresponds to the applied braking detected by the sensor; a memory for storing a deceleration torque for each of a plurality of simulated gears; and a processor coupled to the engine, the sensor, the transmission, and the memory, the processor configured to: increase an engine speed of the engine when the requested deceleration torque exceeds a deceleration torque of a lower simulated gear, and blend the applied torque with the deceleration torque for a simulated gear of the plurality of simulated gears when or after the applied braking is decreased or no longer applied, for smoothly completing a shifting of the transmission when the hybrid vehicle transitions from deceleration to acceleration.