Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Astemo Ltd.

Sadato Horiuchi

Seiji Asano

Shigemi Oono

Kenichi Kotabe

Kenji Mizushima

Shigeru Nishita

Makoto Muto

An in-vehicle control device includes: a requested torque calculation unit which calculates a requested torque on the basis of a driving state of a vehicle; a requested torque change amount calculation unit which calculates the amount of change in requested torque per unit time as a requested torque change amount; an estimated generation torque calculation unit which calculates estimated generation torque estimated as being generated by an engine; an estimated generation torque change amount calculation unit which calculates the amount of change in estimated generation torque per unit time as an estimated generation torque change amount; and an abnormality detection unit which detects an abnormality of the engine on the basis of the integrated value of a difference between the requested torque change amount and the estimated generation torque change amount, and outputs abnormality determination for the engine.

Control device

There is provided an air amount computing unit, and a fuel control unit, of an internal combustion engine that calculates a cylinder flow-in air amount during a transient state without response delay and so as not to have any inflection point in changes of flow rate and that allows a desirable air-fuel ratio to be kept. The air amount computing unit has air amount detecting means for detecting an air amount passing through an intake throttle section of the internal combustion engine, air amount computing means for obtaining a calculated value of the air amount passing through the intake throttle section from an throttle opening angle, means for obtaining an air amount flowing into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine by excluding an air amount filled into an intake manifold by filtering by a difference between a value of the air amount passing through the intake throttle section of this time and a previous filtering value, a first filter based on the air amount detected by the air amount detecting means, a second filter based on the calculated value of the air amount obtained by the air amount computing means, selecting means for selecting an input value and a previous output value of the first filter when the internal combustion engine is in a static state and selecting an input value and a previous output value of the second filter when the internal combustion engine is in a transient state and a third filter for inputting a selected value selected by said selecting means, wherein the output of the third filter is determined to be an air amount flowing into the cylinder.

Air amount computing unit and fuel control unit of internal combustion engine

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Hitachinaka, Japan

Sadato Horiuchi