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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2018
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
In a control device and a control method for a variable valve timing mechanism according to the present invention, the rotational phase of a camshaft is measured based on the cam angle signal and crank angle signal upon receiving each pulse of the cam angle signal, and the rotational phase change over time within a period of the cam angle signal is measured based on the motor angle signal. It is decided whether the cam angle signal and/or crank angle signal has a prescribed pulse pattern at a diagnostic timing that comes after the last pulse of the cam angle signal. When this decision result is positive, it is then decided whether the motor angle sensor operates normally or abnormally based on the rotational phase and the amount of rotational phase change that are measured when the last pulse of the cam angle signal is received before the diagnostic timing.