Patent ID: 8412423

Claim:
An alarm apparatus for an automatic transmission, comprising: a transmission control unit (TCU) controlling the automatic transmission of a vehicle; an accelerator pedal unit; a driving unit driving the accelerator pedal unit to perform a predetermined operation; and a control unit interworking with the TCU and controlling the driving unit such that the accelerator pedal unit performs the predetermined operation at a predetermined time before a speed change time, when the speed change time calculated and outputted by the TCU is inputted to the control unit; wherein the driving unit includes: a driving actuator; a connection mechanism transmitting a driving force of the driving actuator to the accelerator pedal unit; and a position sensor sensing a position of the connection mechanism based on the driving of the driving actuator; and wherein the control unit controls the driving actuator by using positional information inputted from the position sensor such that the driving force of the driving actuator is transmitted to the accelerator pedal unit through the connection mechanism and the accelerator pedal unit performs the predetermined operation.