A first transmission mechanism provided on a first power transmission path and a second transmission mechanism provided on a second power transmission path are provided in parallel with each other between a driving force source and a drive wheel. A first clutch mechanism transmits power or interrupts transmission of power in the first power transmission path. A dog clutch equipped with a synchromesh mechanism transmits power or interrupts transmission of power in the second power transmission path. An electronic control unit is configured to, when changing from the first transmission path to the second transmission path a state where the vehicle is stopping or is stationary and in a state where power of the driving force source is transmitted via the first transmission mechanism, actuate the first clutch mechanism and the second clutch mechanism such that the first clutch mechanism is released and the second clutch mechanism engages.

Control of a Vehicle Having an Automatic Transmission to Compensate for Ambient Air Density A method of controlling an automatic transmission (24) of a vehicle (10), the method comprising: receiving a signal indicative of a vehicle operating mode; obtaining a base map defining gear shift points for the transmission (24) based on the indicated vehicle operating mode; obtaining a torque loss map defining gear shift points for the transmission (24) based on a predetermined minimum value of density; and controlling the transmission (24) based on the base map if the base map defines gear shift points at higher engine speeds or vehicle speeds than the corresponding gear shift points defined by the torque loss map.

Methods for automated calibration and adaption of a gearshift controller (39) are disclosed. In one aspect, the method automates calibration a gearshift controller (39) for controlling a sequence of gearshifts in either a stepped automatic transmission equipped with at least one speed sensor mounted on a dynamometer (42) or an automotive vehicle mounted on a dynamometer (42), where the dynamometer (42) is electronically controlled by a dynamometer controller (43). Each gearshift in the sequence includes a first phase, a second phase, . . . and an N.sup.th phase. The gearshift controller (39) includes (initial values of) a first phase control parameters set, a second phase control parameters set, . . . and an N.sup.th phase control parameters set for each gearshift in the sequence that are updated using a first phase learning controller, a second phase learning controller, . . . and an N*11 phase learning controller respectively.

An apparatus and a method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include a determining device configured to determine whether to perform a front-vehicle-based deceleration following control based on information on the vehicle and information on the front vehicle when coasting of the vehicle is started, a calculating device configured to determine a target speed of the vehicle and a target distance based on a position, a speed, and a moving distance of the front vehicle, when the front-vehicle-based deceleration following control is determined to be performed, a gearshifting stage deciding device configured to decide a final gearshifting stage of the transmission based on the determined target speed and the target distance by configuring a deceleration profile for each gearshifting stage of the transmission, and a controller to control the transmission based on the final gearshifting stage.

A method for operating a speed control system of a vehicle having a plurality of wheels is provided. The method comprises receiving one or more electrical signals representative of vehicle-related information. The method further comprises determining, based on the one or more electrical signals representative of vehicle-related information, that one or more of the wheels of the vehicle have overcome an obstacle or are about to overcome an obstacle and that therefore a reduction in an applied drive torque to one or more of the wheels of the vehicle by a powertrain subsystem (applied drive torque) will be required to maintain the speed of the vehicle at a target set-speed of the speed control system. The method still further comprises automatically commanding the application of a retarding torque to one or more of the wheels of the vehicle to counteract the effect of an overrun condition in the powertrain subsystem from increasing the speed of the vehicle. A system for controlling the speed of a vehicle comprising an electronic control unit configured to perform the above-described methodology is also provided.

An adaptive automatic transmission control system responds to stopping of a vehicle for reducing torque absorption by an automatic transmission and movement of and range to obstructions forward from a vehicle for reengaging the automatic transmission after a stop. The torque converter is released from its reduced torque absorption mode under one of three circumstances: 1) the brake pedal is released; 2) the detected obstruction moves outside a first predefined maximum range; and, 3) the detected obstruction moves outside a second predefined maximum range and at greater than a predefined minimum speed.

A method for controlling an automatic transmission of a vehicle includes detecting a deceleration of the vehicle; detecting a cornering value of the vehicle; determining, as a function of the deceleration and as a function of the cornering value, a compensated shift-down point of a rotational speed at which shifting into a relatively low gear of the transmission occurs; and selecting a gear as a function of the compensated shift-down point.

An apparatus and a method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include a determining device configured to determine whether to perform a front-vehicle-based deceleration following control based on information on the vehicle and information on the front vehicle when coasting of the vehicle is started, a calculating device configured to determine a target speed of the vehicle and a target distance based on a position, a speed, and a moving distance of the front vehicle, when the front-vehicle-based deceleration following control is determined to be performed, a gearshifting stage deciding device configured to decide a final gearshifting stage of the transmission based on the determined target speed and the target distance by configuring a deceleration profile for each gearshifting stage of the transmission, and a controller to control the transmission based on the final gearshifting stage.

An automated manual transmission (AMT) shift shock reduction control method may include a compressor delay control that is configured to keep an operation of a compressor as a non-operation state until a delay time is reached during a shift control, when an air conditioner signal and a shift signal are detected by an Engine Management System (EMS).

The present invention relates to a dual-speed final drive control method and terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes: S1: acquiring, according to electronic horizon data ahead, a gradient value of a road ahead, and when an absolute value of the gradient value is greater than a gradient threshold, proceeding to S2; and S2: determining, according to the gradient value, whether the road ahead is an uphill section or a downhill section, and if the road ahead is the uphill section, controlling all gears of a transmission to correspond to a higher final drive ratio in the dual-speed final drive when a vehicle travels into the uphill section; and if the road ahead is the downhill section, controlling all the gears of the transmission to correspond to a lower final drive ratio in the dual-speed final drive when the vehicle travels into the uphill section. According to the present invention, information of a road gradient predicted by electronic horizon is used in control of dynamic matching between a speed ratio of the dual-speed final drive and a speed ratio of the transmission, thereby making use of the dual-speed-ratio final drive to the greatest extent according to the terrain to improve the economy in energy consumption of the entire vehicle.