Appeal No. 2002-1668 Page 5
Application No. 09/531,666
(1) means for calculating a correction factor per predetermined unit time based
on a sensed vehicle acceleration when the sensed vehicle acceleration exceeds
a threshold value in a presence of a released accelerator pedal indicative signal,
means for adding the correction factor to a target input shaft speed value to
correct the target input shaft speed value at intervals of the predetermined unit
time, and means for controlling a speed ratio to bring the input shaft speed into
coincidence with the corrected target value, (2) means for calculating the
correction factor per predetermined unit time based on the sensed vehicle
deceleration when the sensed vehicle deceleration exceeds the first threshold
value in the presence of the released accelerator pedal indicative signal, means
for subtracting the correction factor from the target input shaft speed value to
decrease the target input shaft speed value at intervals of the predetermined unit
time, and means for controlling the speed ratio to bring the input shaft speed into
coincidence with the decreased target value, and (3) the steps of calculating a
correction factor based on the sensed vehicle acceleration when the sensed
vehicle acceleration exceeds a threshold value in the presence of the released
accelerator pedal indicative signal, adding the correction factor to the target input
shaft speed value to correct the target input shaft speed value, controlling the
speed ratio to bring the input shaft speed into coincidence with the corrected
target value, and continuously repeating the above sequence of steps at uniform
intervals of time to effect changes in the target input shaft speed value in
response to changes in the vehicle acceleration, and (4) the steps of calculating
the correction factor based on the sensed vehicle deceleration when the sensed
vehicle acceleration exceeds a first threshold value in the presence of the
released accelerator pedal indicative signals, subtracting the correction factor to
the target input shaft speed value to decrease the target input shaft speed
values, controlling the speed ratio to bring the input shaft speed into coincidence
with the decreased target values, and continuously repeating the above
sequence of steps at uniform intervals of time to effect changes in the target
input shaft speed value in response to changes in the vehicle deceleration, in a
continuously variable transmission control method and apparatus, are neither
taught nor rendered obvious over the prior art references.
In this reissue application, filed less than two years after the original patent
issued, the appellant (i.e., the inventor) in his declaration pointed out that he believes
the patent to be wholly or partly inoperative or invalid by reasoning of his claiming less
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