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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jonathan Thomas Mullen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Markian Oleh Diakiw, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle implements a method of selecting gear ratios that utilizes two shift schedules, one for flat terrain and one for hilly terrain. Initially, the vehicle switches between the shift schedules based on estimation of the road gradient of a recently traversed route. When the vehicle switched between the shift schedules, the vehicle stores location information associated with the switch. When stored information about previous shift schedule switches is available, the information is utilized, in combination with navigation system data, to switch shift schedules at more appropriate times.