Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Giken Kogyo K.k.

Shigehiro Kimura

Yoshio Suzuki

Yutaka Otobe

Nobuyuki Narisawa

Takashi Ono

Akira Kato

Naoki Ohsawa

A method of detecting an abnormality in a crank angle signal of an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft. The method comprises the steps of monitoring the condition of a first reference position signal generated at a predetermined crank angle position of the crankshaft and the condition of a second position signal generated whenever the crankshaft rotates through a predetermined rotational angle, setting a first flag to a predetermined logical state if the first reference position signal is generated before the second position signal is generated a predetermined number of times after generation of the first reference position signal, setting a second flag to a predetermined logical state if the first reference position signal is not generated after the second position signal has been generated said predetermined number of times after generation of the first reference position signal and before an immediately succeeding generation of the second position signal; and detecting an abnormality in one of the first reference position signal and second position signal based on a predetermined combination of logical states exhibited by the first and second flags.

Method of detecting abnormality in crank angle signal of internal

An ignition timing control method for an internal combustion engine in which an ignition advance angle value conforming to the operating condition of the engine is set, an ignition timing is obtained by applying an angle-time conversion to a crank angle extending from a reference crank angle position to a position corresponding to the ignition advance angle value, and ignition is effected upon lapse of the ignition timing from an instant at which the reference crank angle position is sensed. Engine rotational speed value is sensed at least at two particular crank angle positions, and each sensed rotational speed is stored in memory. A ratio between the at least two rotational speed values stored in an immediately preceding ignition cycle is calculated, and the ignition timing of a present ignition cycle is corrected by using the calculated ratio.

Ignition timing control method for internal combustion engines

An ignition timing control system for an internal combustion engine comprises magnetic pick-up means for magnetically sensing the angular position of the crankshaft and for generating an output signal indicative thereof, control means for controlling the ignition timing of the engine based on the output signal from the magnetic pick-up means, and correction means for correcting the ignition timing to be controlled by the control means for a delay in the generation of the output signal, which delay increases with a rise in the rotational speed of the engine.

Ignition timing control system for internal combustion engines

A desired value of ignition timing and a correction value therefor are calculated at a timing corresponding to a first specific one of sensed predetermined crank angle positions of each cylinder of the engine. Data indicative of the calculated desired value of ignition timing are set in a counter to start counting based upon the set data at a second specific one of the predetermined crank angle positions, subsequent to the first specific one, so that the ignition takes place upon completion of the counting. When it is determined from the calculated desired value of ignition timing whether the ignition is to be effected after a third specific one of the predetermined crank angle positions, subsequent to the second specific one, the data set in the counter is updated to the calculated correction value, at the third specific one of the predetermined crank angle positions.

An ignition timing control method for an internal combustion engine wherein a plurality of correction values for ignition timing are stored in memory means beforehand as a function of an output voltage from a variable voltage creating means which is humanly adjustable and the rotational speed of the engine. The output voltage from the variable voltage creating means and the rotational speed of the engine are detected, and one of the correction values is read, which corresponds to the detected output voltage and the detected rotational speed of the engine. Then, the ignition timing is corrected by the use of the read one correction value. Further, a value of a parameter indicative of load on the engine is detected, and the ignition timing control is executed when the detected value of the parameter is above a predetermined value. Alternatively, in place of the correction values, address values are stored in memory means. One of the address values is read, which corresponds to the detected output voltage and converted to a numerical value in the number system with a predetermined number as the base. The figures of the numerical value correspond to respective regions of the engine rotational speed. A correction value for correcting the ignition timing is determined in accordance with one of the figures of the numerical value corresponding to the region of the engine rotational speed in which the engine is detected to be operating.

An ignition timing control method for an internal combustion engine, which controls the ignition timing of a mixture to be supplied to the engine in a feedback manner responsive to the difference between the actual engine speed and the desired idling speed. When it is determined that the engine is in a predetermined idling region and the engine temperature is above a predetermined value, the ignition timing is retarded by a predetermined amount, and the ignition timing thus retarded is corrected by a correction value calculated by multiplying the difference between the actual engine speed and the desired idling speed by a predetermined coefficient, to thereby control the ignition timing to the ignition timing value thus corrected. The ignition timing feedback control is inhibited when the voltage at a predetermined input terminal of a central processing unit is at a predetermined input level.

Ignition timing control method for internal combustion engines at idle

A method of controlling ignition timing of an internal combustion engine when an abnormality develops in a system for sensing a reference crank angle position of a crankshaft of the engine, in which the timing at which an ignition coil starts and stops conducting is controlled on the basis of a first pulse signal generated once per at least two revolutions of the crankshaft at a predetermined crank angle position associated with a particular cylinder of the engine, a second pulse signal indicative of a predetermined reference crank angle position of the crankshaft for each cylinder, and a third pulse signal indicative of a predetermined angular position of the crankshaft. The method comprises the steps of sensing an abnormality in the reference crank angle position sensing system for sensing the predetermined reference crank angle position, generating a pseudo-signal pulse having a predetermined pulse width in place of the second pulse signal on the basis of the first and third pulse signals when the second pulse signal fails to be generated because of the abnormality in the reference crank angle position sensing system, starting conduction of the ignition coil at a leading edge of the pseudo-signal pulse, and stopping conduction of the ignition coil at a trailing edge of the pseudo-signal pulse.

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Shigehiro Kimura