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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Min-Kyu Won, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method for avoiding a measurement error of an air flow sensor for a vehicle includes an engine control unit (ECU) which predicts, in advance, occurrence of the contamination by foreign materials included in the air or condensation of moisture on a sensor measurement plate of the air flow sensor, and performs an operation for preventing the contamination by foreign materials or the condensation of moisture when the occurrence is predicted, to avoid the measurement error of the air flow sensor due to the contamination by foreign materials or the condensation of moisture on the sensor measurement plate.