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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Craig A. Brunstetter, Marysville, OH (US);
Craig A. Brunstetter, Marysville, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a position of a range indication device for an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes: receiving N bits corresponding to a state of N circuits, respectively, wherein the N bits are related to a position of a range indication device and wherein the position includes transmission range states and transitional states between the transmission range states; associating the bit patterns with at least one of the transitional states and the transmission range states; defining the bit pattern having N bits equal to a first state as the transitional state, and defining the bit pattern having N/2 bits equal to one of the first state and a second state as the transmission range state.