Patent ID: 7933708

Claim:
A method of assisting in acceleration of a vehicle during vehicle re-acceleration, the method comprising: monitoring various vehicular conditions during vehicle travel with one or more sensors of the vehicle; transmitting signals indicative of the vehicular conditions from the sensors to an electronic controller of the vehicle; processing the transmitted signals with the electronic controller; activating an aggressive schedule of the vehicle with the electronic controller when the processed signals indicate re-acceleration of the vehicle, wherein re-acceleration is indicated when an accelerator pedal depression occurs subsequent to deceleration of the vehicle without stopping, and wherein the aggressive schedule defines instructions for assisting in acceleration of the vehicle during vehicle re-acceleration, the instructions being configured for: a. a downshifting of a transmission gear position of a transmission system of the vehicle, or b. an increasing of a throttle of an engine of the vehicle; generating signals according to the aggressive schedule with the electronic controller when one or more vehicular conditions of accelerator pedal depression exceed a predefined value during re-acceleration; using the generated signals to cause downshifting of the transmission gear position or increasing of the throttle of the engine.