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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Paul A. Bauerle, Fenton, MI (US);
Marco J. Gatti, Southgate, MI (US);
Joseph M. Stempnik, Warren, MI (US);
Jonathan Packard, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Anne M. Lemoigne, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Pahngroc OH, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel G. Bolstrum, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Paul A. Bauerle, Fenton, MI (US);
Marco J. Gatti, Southgate, MI (US);
Joseph M. Stempnik, Warren, MI (US);
Jonathan Packard, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Anne M. Lemoigne, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Pahngroc Oh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel G. Bolstrum, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes an out of correlation (OOC) detection module that detects an OOC error between a first throttle position sensor (TPS) and a second TPS. An out of range (OOR) detection module that detects first and second OOR errors for the first and second TPS, respectively. An OOC counter sets an OOC error when an OOC count is greater than or equal to a first OOC value. An OOR counter sets first and second OOR errors when first and second OOR counts, respectively, are greater than or equal to a second OOR value that is less than the first OOC value. A control module increments the counters when the respective errors occur and sets at least one of the first and second OOR counts equal to the OOC count when at least one of the first and second OOR errors occur after the OOC error.