Patent ID: 7441474

Claim:
A sensor system for a control device of an automatically shiftable transmission with automatic manually shifted transmission, the system comprising: a shift selector lever movable in at least one shift gate for setting at least the positions Forward, Neutral, Reverse, and Park stop, and a position for manual shifting with an at least one position for the manual upshifting and/or a position for the manual downshifting of the gears of the transmission; first sensor elements, each first sensor element of said sensor elements being associated with a respective one of said positions; a first signal transmitter arranged at said shift selector lever to detect the position of said shift selector lever, said first sensor elements and/or said first signal transmitter being arranged to detect a positioning of said shift selector lever at least between the positions Forward, and Neutral and/or between the positions Neutral and Reverse, wherein the detection of a positioning of said shift selector lever at least between the positions Forward, and Neutral and/or between the Neutral and Reverse positions includes a dimensioning and/or the design of said first sensor elements and/or of said first signal transmitter to provide a first detection overlap area formed between the positions Forward and Neutral as well as a second detection overlap area formed between the positions Neutral and Reverse.