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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yukihiro Nakasaka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
An in-cylinder pressure sensor is provided. It is determined whether a cylinder for which the in-cylinder air-fuel ratio is to be calculated is a rich cylinder or a lean cylinder. A polytropic index in the expansion stroke is calculated from the in-cylinder pressure detected by the in-cylinder pressure sensor. The calculated polytropic index m is corrected based on an operational condition parameter of an internal combustion engine. An in-cylinder air-fuel ratio is calculated based on the corrected polytropic index m in the expansion stroke, the result of the determination of whether the cylinder is a rich cylinder or a lean cylinder, and an m-A/F curve.