| US 7,591,203 B2 | ||
| Control apparatus and control method for vehicle | ||
| Tatsuya Ochi, Chiyoda-ku (Japan); Takashi Okada, Chiyoda-ku (Japan); Hiroshi Sakamoto, Chiyoda-ku (Japan); Masato Imai, Chiyoda-ku (Japan); and Tetsuo Matsumura, Chiyoda-ku (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 25, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/657,644. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-053044 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0199395 A1, Aug. 30, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16H 3/08 (2006.01); F16H 59/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 74—331 [74/335] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A vehicular control apparatus for a vehicle having a twin clutch type automatic transmission, the control apparatus comprising:
an external information acquisition apparatus for acquiring external information required for vehicular transmission control;
an input section for taking in the external information from the external information acquisition apparatus; and
a pre-shift gear selection section for selecting a predetermined gear train among plural gear trains of the transmission to
execute a pre-shift in accordance with the external information.
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