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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Koki Ueno, Toyota, JP;
Takahiko Tsutsumi, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Yuma, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A shift control device for vehicle is provided capable of controlling an actuator to switch shift ranges of a transmission and switching establishment of operating states between a first operating state enabling a detection of a reference position for controlling the actuator during an initial operation of the actuator, and a second operating state disabling the detection of the reference position, besides the first and second operating states, a third operating state being able to be established with an inability to detect the reference position but with an ability to detect vehicle information; and when the second operating state is switched to the first operating state with the third operating state continuously remained, after switching from the first operating state to the second operating state, the reference position being detected again.