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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Schwab, Ravensburg, DE;
Ludger Ronge, Eriskirch, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 5/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 5/902 ;
Abstract
In a system for shifting an automatic or automated variable transmission ( ) of a vehicle with a voice command device ( ) by the driver in which the voice commands given by the driver are compared with reference voice commands stored in a memory ( ) and therefrom control signals are formed, in a transmission control ( ) the control signals formed form the driver's voice commands are superimposed onto the shift signals calculated by the transmission control ( ) in order therefrom to form a shift command of the variable transmission ( ) of the vehicle appropriate for the driving situation.