Honda Motor files patents for invention on automatic transmission vehicles

Company has filed two applications, one for gear shift control device, another for a transmission control device for automatic transmission

Japanese automobile major Honda Motor has submitted patent applications for its invention to improve vehicle efficiency and safety in handling of blind corners in automatic transmission mode. The company has filed two patent applications, one for a gear shift control device and another for a transmission control device for automatic transmission.

Both the inventions serve a corner-determination function enabling the vehicle to be controlled better and stopped faster. The transmission control device helps detect a corner in front of the vehicle, based on its current position and road data, and determine whether or not it is a blind corner, in cases