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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2013
Magneti Marelli S.p.a., Corbetta, IT;
Marco Panciroli, Bologna, IT;
Magneti Marelli S.p.A., Corbetta, IT;
Abstract
A method for controlling an internal-combustion engine comprises steps of: determining a current value of a driving torque requested to the internal-combustion engine and a first time derivative of the current value of the driving torque; comparing the current value of the driving torque and first time derivative with first and second threshold values, respectively; determining a 'sport driving' condition only if the current value of the driving torque is higher than the first threshold value and the first time derivative is higher than the second threshold value; and controlling the internal-combustion engine as a function of the 'sport driving' condition.