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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2007
Rihito Kaneko, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Kenji Kasashima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masatomo Yoshihara, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Senda, Okazaki, JP;
Norihito Hanai, Toyota, JP;
Yuuichi Takemura, Anjo, JP;
Shuhei Oe, Kariya, JP;
Rihito Kaneko, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Kenji Kasashima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masatomo Yoshihara, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Senda, Okazaki, JP;
Norihito Hanai, Toyota, JP;
Yuuichi Takemura, Anjo, JP;
Shuhei Oe, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a coefficient of correlation K in accordance with a result of comparing a waveform of a vibration of a frequency band including a resonance frequency of an engine with a knock waveform model previously created as a waveform of a vibration caused when the engine knocks; calculating a knock intensity N from an intensity of a vibration of a frequency band excluding the resonance frequency of the engine; if knock intensity N is larger than a reference value and coefficient of correlation K is larger than a threshold value, determining that the engine knocks; and if knock intensity N is smaller than the reference value and/or coefficient of correlation K is smaller than the threshold value, determining that the engine does not knock.