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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Morito Asano, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Fukumura, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Kouichi Kitaura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kouichi Satoya, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mamoru Yoshioka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Morito Asano, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Fukumura, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Kouichi Kitaura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kouichi Satoya, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mamoru Yoshioka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Diamond Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is an operation control method on the basis of an ion current in an internal combustion engine, the method comprising a step of detecting the ion current generated within a combustion chamberso as to control an operating state of the internal combustion engineon the basis of a state of the detected ion current, wherein a control at an engine start point in time on the basis of the state of the ion current is stopped for predetermined cycles just after the engine start.