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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
May. 06, 2015
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Winkler, Rutesheim, DE;
Henrico Runge, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Benjamin Sillmann, Stuttgart, DE;
Hartwig Lehle, Stuttgart, DE;
Eduard Weiss, Untergruppenbach, DE;
Robert Bosch GMBH, St, unknown;
Abstract
A method for determining an imbalance of at least one cylinder in an arrangement of at least two cylinders in a system is provided, which includes an internal combustion engine, the imbalance of the at least one cylinder being present in relation to at least one property of an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine and the determination of the imbalance of the at least one cylinder occurring with a sensor device for detecting at least one property of the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. A diagnostic threshold is ascertained through a dynamic characterization of the system with the sensor device, the dynamic characterization taking place after an excitation of the system. The diagnostic threshold makes it possible to delimit a range of potential erroneous detections which are caused due to a dispersion of an evaluating signal resulting from the imbalance of the at least one cylinder.