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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve, a cylinder into which the fuel injected by the fuel injection valve is introduced, an exhaust passage through which the exhaust generated by the combustion of the fuel in the cylinder flows, a catalyst installed in the exhaust passage, an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor disposed upstream of the catalyst in the exhaust passage, and a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor disposed downstream of the catalyst in the exhaust passage. The processing circuit calculates a detection value difference which is a difference between detection values of the two air-fuel ratio sensors when the warm-up of the catalyst is completed. When the detection value difference is in the predetermined detection value difference range, the processing circuit lowers the warm-up completion temperature as compared with a case where the detection value difference is not in the detection value difference range.