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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
Hirofumi Ohuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hironori Matsumori, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Fukui, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Katashiba, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kitao, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises: driving state detecting means for detecting a driving state of the internal combustion engine based on detected information from various sensors; control calculating means for calculating a control parameter of the internal combustion engine in accordance with the driving state; combustion state detecting means for detecting a combustion state amount of at least one of cylinders of the internal combustion engine; fuel property calculating means for calculating a property of a fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine based on the driving state and the combustion state amount; and parameter correcting means for correcting the control parameter in accordance with the fuel property. With this arrangement, it is possible to calculate the fuel property from an actual combustion state without using a sensor, and to correct the control parameter in accordance with the fuel property, thereby suppressing a deterioration of an exhaust gas, and enhancing a drivability.