Japan Electronic Control Systems Company, Limited

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Nippon Denshi Kiki Co., Ltd.

Naoki Tomisawa

Shinpei Nakaniwa

Seiichi Otani

Yukio Hoshino

Tadashi Ariga

Toru Hamada

Masanobu Osaki

Shouji Furuhashi

Shoji Furuhashi

Takaaki Mogi

Hiroshi Okada

Masashi Fukushima

Syouzi Furuhashi

Yasunari Koshiba

Based on a combustion pressure detected by a cylinder internal pressure sensor, a mean effective pressure Pi is calculated and a fluctuation amount .DELTA.Pi of the mean effective pressure Pi is calculated. The level of a predetermined frequency component of the fluctuation amount .DELTA.Pi is compared with a predetermined level. When the fluctuation amount .DELTA.Pi exceeds the predetermined value, it is judged that an increasing correction coefficient KTW according to a water temperature is smaller than a required value corresponding to a used fuel, and the increasing correction coefficient KTW is increasingly modified. When the above fluctuation amount .DELTA.Pi is less than the predetermined value, it is judged that the increasing correction coefficient KTW is larger than the required value corresponding to the used fuel, and the increasing correction coefficient KTW is decreasingly modified. Therefore, the increasing correction coefficient KTW according to the water temperature is optimized corresponding to the fuel being used.

Electronically controlled fuel supply method and device for internal

An apparatus for detecting an intake air quantity for an internal, combustion engine and method therefor are disclosed in which a passed time from a time at which a power supply to a temperature sensitive airflow meter of a bridge circuit is turned on is measured as t. A CPU of the detecting apparatus retrieves a data on the intake air quantity from a data map storing the data on the intake air quantity, the passed time and output voltage of the temperature sensitive airflow meter to derive the intake air quantity data Q.sub.now. In addition, the CPU adds a value of a change rate of the present mapped data with respect to the previously derived final intake air quantity data Q.sub.-1 which is multiplied by a predetermined coefficient k to Q.sub.now. The result of addition is set as the present final intake air quantity data: Q.rarw.Q.sub.now +k (Q.sub.now -Q-.sub.-1). It is noted that the predetermined coefficient k is varied according to the passed time t.

Apparatus and method for detecting intake air quantity for internal

Disclosed is an apparatus for detecting the reference rotational angle for each cylinder in a multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine, in which a reference pulse signal is output at a position of a predetermined rotational angle of the engine at a specific stroke of each cylinder synchronously with the revolution of the engine, a cylinder-discriminating pulse signal is put out just after termination of specific one of the reference pulse signal, the precedent and present values of elements, concerning the time, of the pulse signal are detected, and when the present value is smaller than the precedent value by at least a predetermined value, discrimination of cylinders is performed.

Method and apparatus for detecting reference rotational angle for each

A driving condition recognition system includes data sampling means, respectively monitoring a plurality of preselected parameters associated with vehicular driving, such as a throttle valve open angle, and engine speed and so forth, for sampling vehicular drive condition associated parameter data within every predetermined period of time. The system also includes means for deriving a vehicle condition evaluating data on the basis of all of the sampled parameter data with respect to each of parameters to be monitored. The system further includes means for evaluating respective an evaluating function set with respect to each parameter for determining satisfying degree relative to the relevent evaluating function. The system further includes means for recognizing vehicle driving condition on the basis of satisfying degree of respective parameters.

Driving condition recognition system for an automotive vehicle and shift

A fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine sets an amount of heat generated within a combustion chamber at least based on an engine load condition, and a reference temperature of an exhaust system on the basis of an engine coolant temperature or other parameter associated with the engine coolant temperature. The control system predicts a temperature in the exhaust system based on the set head amount and set reference temperature. The control system derives a correction value for correcting a fuel supply amount on the basis of the predicted temperature of the exhaust system.

Fuel supply control system for internal combustion engine with feature

Sucked air flow quantities are preliminarily alloted and stored for respective areas of predetermined ranges of the driving state of an engine, and every time a new sucked air flow quantity is detected, the stored value is renewed based on the previously stored value and the newly detected value. In the method and apparatus for detecting deterioration of a sucked air flow quantity-detecting device of an engine according to the present invention, the engine driving state is detected and the stored value of the sucked air flow quantity in the corresponding area is retrieved, the retrieved stored value is compared with the sucked air flow quantity actually detected by the detecting device, and deterioration is judged when the difference therebetween is larger than a predetermined value.

Method and apparatus for detecting deterioration of sucked air flow

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting deterioration of a hot-wire type sucked air flow quantity-detecting device of an engine, in which the change ratio of the output voltage of the hot-wire type sucked air flow quantity-detecting device is measured when the output voltage of the sucked air flow quantity-detecting device is to be changed while the engine is in the substantially non-revolving state, and deterioration is judged by comparing the measured change ratio with a predetermined value, whereby it is possible to exchange parts promptly just in time and prevent degradation of the exhaust gas-purging performance of a vehicle.

Method and apparatus for detecting deterioration of a hot-wire type

An inspection device is provided an inspection parameter generator generating predetermined parameter data. The parameter data is transmitted to a control unit subjecting inspection. The inspection device receives input signal from the control unit, which input signal corresponds to the parameter data input to the control unit. Both of the control unit and inspection device processes the corresponding data. The control unit feeds resultant output to the inspection device. The inspection device compares its own resultant data and the resultant output of the control unit to make judgment whether the control unit operates in normal condition or not.

Method and system for inspecting microprocessor-based unit and/or

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for detecting deterioration of a sucked air flow quantity-detecting device of an engine, in which during a predetermined period after the start of use of the engine, detected values of sucked air flow quantities detected by the sucked air flow quantity-detecting device are learned for respective areas of the engine driving state, and then, the detected value of the sucked air flow quantity detected by the air flow quantity-detecting device is compared with the learned value and deterioration of the sucked air flow quantity-detecting device is judged when the difference is larger than a predetermined value.

A fuel supply control system introducing the feature of learning in assuming or projecting an intake air flow rate while an engine driving condition is maintained in a sonic flow range, in which intake air path area is maintained substantially constant and intake air flow rate is varied linearly according to variation of an engine speed. The system also detects the engine driving condition in the sonic flow range and the engine speed maintained substantially constant to derive a basic fuel supply amount on the basis of boost pressure. The assumed intake air flow rate is derived on the basis of the basic fuel supply amount and the engine speed. The system derives the basic fuel supply amount on the basis of the assumed intake air flow rate and the engine speed when the engine speed varies within the sonic flow range.

An engine control system introduces a technology of assuming actually required fuel amount to be delivered to each engine cylinder at opening timing of an intake valve of the engine cylinder. In order to derive the assumed fuel demand, a basic fuel supply amount is derived on the basis of a basic fuel supply control parameter including an engine speed data and an intake air amount representative data, an air induction path area variation ratio data and a lag time data from derivation of the air induction path area variation ratio data to opening of the intake valve. The assumed fuel demand data can be used not only for controlling fuel supply but also for spark ignition timing control, air/fuel ratio control and so forth so that the engine operation control may precisely follow the actual engine driving condition for optimizing the engine performance.

Control system for internal combustion engine with improved control

A fuel supply control system derives a basic induction volume efficiency on the basis of an intake air pressure and modifies the basic induction volume efficiency with a correction value which is derived on the basis of an engine revolution speed and the intake air pressure. An induction volume efficiency is derived on the basis of modified basic induction volume efficiency, which derived induction volume efficiency is used for deriving a basic fuel supply amount with the intake air pressure. The basic fuel supply amount thus derived is used for controlling fuel supply for the engine. Derivation of the basic induction volume efficiency is performed by an interrupt routine which may be executed in a predetermined timing derived depending upon a time or in synchronism with engine revolution cycle. The correction value may be derived in a background job. Since the variation range of the corrective value is relatively small versus variation of the basic induction volume efficiency, smaller capacity of memory is required even when the correction value is set in a form of a two-dimensional table. With this, the memory capacity required for setting the two-dimensional map can be small but can provide satisfactorily high precision in controlling air/fuel ratio.

Fuel supply control system for internal combustion engine with improved

An air/fuel ratio control system employs an altitude dependent learnt uniform correction coefficient which is applicable for all engine driving range and another engine driving range based correction coefficient learnt with respect to responsive engine driving range. The uniform correction coefficient is cyclically updated on engine driving range based correction coefficient. The control system performs FEEDBACK mode air/fuel ratio control with the learnt uniform correction coefficient and the engine driving range based correction coefficient. On the other hand, the control system performs OPEN LOOP mode air/fuel ratio control with the learnt uniform correction coefficient.

Air/fuel mixture ratio control system in internal combustion engine with

An apparatus for use with a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine including a plurality of fuel injectors, each being operable in its open position for injecting fuel into an intake port with which an intake valve is in cooperation for regulating the entry of combustion ingredients into the corresponding cylinder. The apparatus includes a control circuit for operating the fuel injectors in a predetermined sequence. The control circuit determines a length of time one fuel injector to be operated is in its open position in response to selected engine operating conditions. The control circuit opens the one fuel injector at a time to terminate the determined time length substantially at the same time when the corresponding intake valve opens. In addition, the control circuit prolongs the determined time length in response to a demand for engine acceleration produced when the one fuel injector is in its open position.

Fuel control apparatus for internal combustion engine

A fuel injection control system is directed a sequential injection type fuel injection internal combustion engine for injecting fuel to each engine cylinder at different timings. Acceleration enrichment asynchronous fuel injection is initiated in response to an acceleration demand. Acceleration enrichment is further performed for subsequent injection cycles to compensate for engine load indicative sensor signals which differ from actual engine load due to errors in an air flow meter.

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Naoki Tomisawa