To reduce the sense of incongruity of a driver by displaying the use of shift stages even a shift lever is moved to a shift stage unconsciously by the driver.
This shift controller of an automatic transmission comprises a shift control means determining a target shift stage based on the traveling state of a vehicle and shifting from a present shift stage to the target shift stage and a shift stage display means displaying the present shift stage. When the target shift stage is different from a shift stage adjacent to the present shift stage and the present shift stage is moved to the target shift stage via at least one shift stage between the present shift stage and the target shift stage by the shift control means, the display of the shift stage by the shift stage display means is prohibited.
KOBIKI KOJI
HARADA YOSHIHARU
MURASUGI AKIO
