Patent ID: 7561952

Claim:
A motor vehicle with a clutch ( 3 ) and automated transmission ( 9 ) between the engine and the drive wheels of the vehicle, comprising control means ( 45 , 48 ) for controlling the engine and for controlling the transmission in accordance with a selected position for an electronic gear selector ( 46 ), where the control means, with the gear selector in its position for automatic shifting, upon movement, selects a gear which is determined by a gear setting preference, stored in the control means, as a function of various driving preference parameters fed into the control means, the control means comprising: a first simulation of an intended path of the vehicle in response to measured and sensed information ( 360 , 330 , 320 , 350 ) for a set of different shift schedules, and select an optimal shift schedule from said set of shift schedules with regards to a first set of weighted driving preference parameters (U 1 ) derived from a weight assigned to each driving preference of the set of the various driving preferences, a second simulation of the intended path of the vehicle in response to said measured and sensed information ( 360 , 330 , 320 , 350 ) for a set of different shift schedules and select a shift schedule from said set of shift schedules which is optimal with regard to at least one alternative set of weighted driving preference parameters (U 2 -UN) and, a comparative analysis of results (R 1 -RN) of the first simulation and the second simulation in order to identify the optimal set of the weighted driving preference parameters and an optimal selected shift schedule.