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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Tadaaki Morikami, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
An air-fuel ratio in an engine provided with an air-fuel ratio control unit is controlled, by using an oxygen sensor disposed in an exhaust gas passage in operative association with the air-fuel ratio control unit, by the steps of setting a feedback control mode for detecting states of the exhaust gas by using the oxygen sensor, operating the engine in one of a plurality of operating areas which are sectioned in accordance with an engine operational conditions such as engine revolution speed, determining a correction value of the air-fuel ratio in accordance with the engine operation with respect to a set value, and calculating another correction value of the air-fuel ratio in another operating area on the basis of the correction value previosly determined.