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Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2009
Applicants:

Ryoichi Oura, Hitachinaka, JP;

Mitsuhiko Watanabe, Odawara, JP;

Takuya Mayuzumi, Hitachinaka, JP;

Kaneyuki Okamoto, Hitachinaka, JP;

Inventors:

Ryoichi Oura, Hitachinaka, JP;

Mitsuhiko Watanabe, Odawara, JP;

Takuya Mayuzumi, Hitachinaka, JP;

Kaneyuki Okamoto, Hitachinaka, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An internal combustion engine controller comprises a current or voltage source for controlling a potential at a diagnosis position in order to ensure a high-precision fault diagnosis, even if the drive cycle of the electromagnetic load (such as a fuel injector), in the internal combustion engine is shorted. Diagnosis timing is optimally set or the number of determinations for averaging is increased in order to ensure high-precision fault diagnosis without being influenced by unexpected disturbance such as noises. In fault diagnosis of a regeneration circuit into a booster circuit, either an input/output voltage or the regeneration current of a driver of the electromagnetic load is detected.


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