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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2007
Applicant:
Masahiro Tawara, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Tawara, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ECT-ECU executes a program that includes a step of executing a stepped shift control if cruise control is not being executed during sequential shift control (stepped shift control) and a step of executing stepless shift control in response to cruise control being activated during sequential shift control (stepped shift control).