Hitachi, Ltd.

Kouzou Katougi

Mitsuo Kayano

Nobuo Kurihara

Takanobu Ichihara

Masayoshi Kaneyasu

Kouji Kitano

Knocking detecting in an internal combustion engine uses, a vibration sensor detecting engine vibrations; and insert for taking-in output vibration signals from the vibration sensor in a plurality of intervals in a time sequential manner during every explosion stroke of the internal combustion engine; performing a digital frequency analysis on the taken-in output vibration signals in the respective sequential intervals; setting a main resonance frequency necessary for knocking occurrence judgement based upon the instant operating condition of the internal combustion engine; calculating knocking indexes for the digital frequency-analyzed output vibration signals in the respective sequential intervals based upon the set main resonance frequency component; comparing the largest knocking index calculated with a predetermined threshold value determined by a background vibration level and a slice level thereof to determine occurrence of knocking; and renewing the respective background vibration levels using the calculated knocking indexes when no knocking occurrence is determined. With such an operation a knocking detection with a high S/N ratio and a high sensitivity is achieved.

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Kouzou Katougi