Auto transmission lever mouse device for shift by wire system

Abstract

A mouse AT lever includes a pair of A/B buttons generating control signals when being pressed and an operation dial turning to implement P, R, N, D, and M shift ranges, and can implement a basic function of outputting operation signals for the positions of the selected shift ranges and implementing operation feeling according to the shifting in various ways using the pressing time of A/B buttons, a function of preventing mis-operation in the shifting by using H-MATIC functions, a shift-lock function that prevents the ranges from being switched under a predetermined condition, a function of starting the engine by using a button, a customer-directional safety control function that is set by the customer, and an interface function for communicating with an DIS (Driver Information System) controlling the devices mounted in the vehicle.

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         19 . An AT lever mouse device for a shift by wire system, comprising:
 a shifting operation unit that is disposed at a side of a mouse shaped to be held by a hand, and transmits shift range position signals generated when being turned by fingers to a control unit; and   an A-button and a B-button that is disposed at the front of the mouse, and generates different operation signals such that additional control logics, other than a shift range control logic of the control unit, are selected, in accordance with the time for which the A-button and the B-button are pressed by fingers.   
     
     
         20 . The device as defined in  claim 19 , wherein the additional control logics of the control unit are a function of starting an engine, a customer-directional safety control function defined by a customer, and an interface function for communication with a DIS (Driver Information System) controlling devices mounted in a vehicle. 
     
     
         21 . The device as defined in  claim 20 , wherein the function of starting an engine is selected by an operation signal generated when the pair of A-button and B-button are simultaneously pressed, the customer-directional safety control function is selected by an operation signal generated when the A-button or the B-button is individually pressed or an operation signal generated when the pair of A-button and the B-button are simultaneously pressed, and the interface function is selected by an operation signal generated when the pair of A-button and the B-button are simultaneously pressed.