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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2001
Jens Wolber, Gerlingen, DE;
Gerd Grass, Schwiederbingen, DE;
Ruediger Weiss, Moetzingen, DE;
Edmund Schaut, Friolzheim, DE;
Bernd Roos, Stuttgart, DE;
Jens Wolber, Gerlingen, DE;
Gerd Grass, Schwiederbingen, DE;
Ruediger Weiss, Moetzingen, DE;
Edmund Schaut, Friolzheim, DE;
Bernd Roos, Stuttgart, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for detecting a hot start situation in an internal combustion of a motor vehicle includes the steps of determining a gradient of a temperature variation of an engine temperature; and detecting a hot start situation based on the determined gradient of a temperature variation of an engine temperature. An appropriate electronic control unit for an internal combustion engine is provided, as well as an appropriate computer program with a program code mechanism, and an appropriate computer program product with a program code mechanism.