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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2006
Haruhiko Saito, Toyota, JP;
Tomihisa Tsuchiya, Toyota, JP;
Haruhiko Saito, Toyota, JP;
Tomihisa Tsuchiya, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: detecting an accelerator position; calculating a load factor KL of an engine based on the accelerator position or the like; when the engine is in a high load region, raising a pressure of fuel supplied to an in-cylinder injector and increasing a degree of opening of a throttle valve and/or increasing a lift amount of an intake valve; and when the engine is not in the high load region, lowering the pressure of the fuel supplied to the in-cylinder injector and decreasing the degree of opening of the throttle valve and/or decreasing the lift amount of the intake valve.