Device and method for controlling shift in vehicle

• US 9,145,968 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Jeon, Byeong Wook, Chang, Joseph D., Jeong, Dong Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): PANG, ROGER L
• Application Number:
  US14/141,353
• Publication Number:
  US 20140365087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 701/55, 701/56, 701/57, 701/58, 701/59, 701/60, 701/65, 477/120, 477/904
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0088 Adaptive recalibration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/182 Selecting between different operative modes, e.g. comfort and performance modes
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/19 Improvement of gear change, e.g. by synchronisation or smoothing gear shift
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/10 Interpretation of driver requests or demands
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2059/003 Detecting or using driving style of a driver, e.g. for adapting shift schedules
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2059/183 Rate of change of accelerator position, i.e. pedal or throttle change gradient
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/0081 Fuzzy logic
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 2061/0227 Shift map selection, i.e. methods for controlling selection between different shift maps, e.g. to initiate switch to a map for up-hill driving
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 59/48 Inputs being a function of acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0204 for gearshift control, e.g. control functions for performing shifting or generation of shift signal
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/0213 characterised by the method for generating shift signals

Abstract

A device for controlling shift in a vehicle may include a data detector configured to detect data for a shift control and a controller configured to determine a short-term driving tendency of a driver using the data, determine a long-term driving tendency of the driver using the short-term driving tendency of the driver, and control shift in the vehicle in consideration of a running mode of the vehicle and the long-term driving tendency which are determined from the data.

Claims

1. A device for controlling shift in a vehicle comprising:

a data detector configured to detect data for shift control; and

a controller configured to determine a short-term driving tendency of a driver using the data, determine a long-term driving tendency of the driver using the short-term driving tendency of the driver, and control shift in the vehicle in consideration of a running mode of the vehicle and the long-term driving tendency which are determined from the data,

wherein the controller determines whether the running mode is a first mode,

wherein when it is determined that the running mode is the first mode, the controller determines whether a long-term driving tendency index of the driver is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value,

wherein when it is determined that the long-term driving tendency index of the driver is equal to or greater than the predetermined reference value, the controller changes the running mode to a second mode, and

wherein when it is determined that the long-term driving tendency index of the driver is less than the predetermined reference value, the controller maintains the running mode as the first mode.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller calculates a short-term driving tendency index using the data, and determines the short-term driving tendency that is divided in a plurality of sections in accordance with a value of the short-term driving tendency index.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the controller calculates the long-term driving tendency index using the short-term driving tendency, and determines the long-term driving tendency that is divided in a plurality of sections in accordance with a value of the long-term driving tendency index.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the data includes at least one of a speed of the vehicle, acceleration of the vehicle, a shift-speed, a steering angle of the vehicle, and a distance between the driver'"'"'s vehicle and a forward vehicle.

5. A method for controlling shift in a vehicle comprising:

detecting data for shift control;

determining a short-term driving tendency of a driver using the data;

determining a long-term driving tendency of the driver using the short-term driving tendency of the driver;

determining a running mode of the vehicle from the data; and

controlling shift in the vehicle in consideration of the long-term driving tendency and the running mode of the vehicle,

wherein the controlling of the shift in the vehicle includes determining whether the running mode is a first mode;

wherein the controlling of the shift in the vehicle further includes determining whether a long-term driving tendency index of the driver is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value when it is determined that the running mode is the first mode,

wherein the controlling of the shift in the vehicle further includes changing the running mode to a second mode when it is determined that the long-term driving tendency index of the driver is equal to or greater than the predetermined reference value, and

wherein the controlling of the shift in the vehicle further includes maintaining the running mode as the first mode when it is determined that the long-term driving tendency index of the driver is less than the predetermined reference value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining of the short-term driving tendency of the driver includes:

calculating a short-term driving tendency index using the data; and

determining the short-term driving tendency that is divided in a plurality of sections in accordance with a value of the short-term driving tendency index.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the determining of the long-term driving tendency of the driver includes calculating the long-term driving tendency index using the short-term driving tendency, and determining the long-term driving tendency that is divided in plural numbers in accordance with a value of the long-term driving tendency index.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the data includes at least one of a speed of the vehicle, acceleration of the vehicle, a shift-speed, a steering angle of the vehicle, and a distance between the driver'"'"'s vehicle and a forward vehicle.