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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Susumu Kojima, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that can be a four-cycle engine including cylinders into which fuel is directly injected, the control apparatus includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a fuel injection and an ignition for the cylinder in an expansion stroke on a condition that a stop of the piston in any one of the cylinders at vicinity of a top dead center after a compression stroke is predicted when the electronic control unit is configured to stop the fuel injection and the ignition for the internal combustion engine upon fulfillment of a predetermined stop condition.