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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2008
Kiyoshi Iwade, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Murate, Okazaki, JP;
Shuhei Oe, Kariya, JP;
Rihito Kaneko, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Kenji Kasashima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Yuichi Takemura, Anjo, JP;
Kiyoshi Iwade, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Murate, Okazaki, JP;
Shuhei Oe, Kariya, JP;
Rihito Kaneko, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Kenji Kasashima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Yuichi Takemura, Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya-shi, JP;
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio-shi, JP;
Abstract
An engine ECU executes a program including a step of calculating intensity values LOG(V) based on signals transmitted from a knock sensor; a step of deciding a maximum value V(MAX) in frequency distribution of intensity values LOG(V) for N cycles (N is a natural number); a step of calculating a knock determination level V(KD) based on the frequency distribution; a step of, when the knock determination level V(KD) is smaller than the maximum value V(MAX), removing V(MAX) from the frequency distribution; and a step of counting the total frequency of removed maximum values V(MAX) as knock occupancy KC. Maximum values V(MAX) are removed until the knock determination level V(KD) and the maximum value V(MAX) coincide, and the knock determination level V(KD) is recalculated.