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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2005
Franz Raichle, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Wolfgang Fischer, Gerlingen, DE;
Joerg Breuninger, Hemmingen, DE;
Haris Hamedovic, Moeglingen, DE;
Franz Raichle, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Wolfgang Fischer, Gerlingen, DE;
Joerg Breuninger, Hemmingen, DE;
Haris Hamedovic, Moeglingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for detecting an angular position signal representing the rotary motion of a rotating part of an internal-combustion engine. The internal-combustion engine includes at least one combustion chamber. In addition, a speed sensor of the type mentioned initially is provided, the speed sensor outputting a rotation-measurement signal representing the rotary motion of a sensing wheel connected with the rotating part. At least one pressure sensor is also provided that outputs a pressure signal representing the pressure in a combustion chamber. The method according to the present invention has the following steps: Detect the pressure signal, detect the rotation-measurement signal, calculate a correction quantity that is a function, at the least, of the detected pressure signal and rotation-measurement signal, and determine the angular position signal by linking the detected rotation-measurement signal with the correction quantity. The core of the present invention is the identification and very good compensation of the sensing wheel error by performing a joint evaluation of the rotational-speed signal and the compression chamber pressure of one or more indicated cylinders.