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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrict opening of a throttle valve with a high degree of accuracy according to engine torque. SOLUTION: An engine ECU (Electronic Control Unit) executes a program including a step to estimate engine torque from MG (Motor Generator) (1) torque (S100), and a step (S106) to perform a throttle upper limit guard when a traveling condition is satisfied (YES at S102), and when the engine torque is larger than a threshold Th (0) (S104). COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate inclusion of air in two system pipe without injecting fuel in an internal combustion engine including the two system fuel supply pipes. SOLUTION: An engine ECU executes a program including steps S1300, S1400 outputting a valve opening command signal to an electromagnetic relief valve and an operation command signal to a feed pump if air bleeding is required (YES in S1100), a step executing air bleeding process of a high pressure system until a predetermined time elapses (YES in S1600), steps S1700, S2000 outputting a valve closing command signal to the electromagnetic relief valve and a stop command signal to the feed pump, and a step S2300 outputting an opening command signal for dummy injection to an injector for intake air passage injection of a low pressure system. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the deterioration of the NOx purifying performance of a catalyst for emission gas purification, and to improve emission when the arbitrary selection of driving conditions to specify the settable range of a request driving force requested for traveling is permitted. SOLUTION: In a hybrid car 20, when a shift position SP is set at an S position, and the arbitrary selection of shift positions SP1 to SP6 is permitted, and it is decided that the warming-up of a purifying device 134 has not been completed, a target air fuel ratio AF* is set according to a map for setting an S position/low water temperature target air fuel ratio having such a tendency that a target air fuel ratio AF* is set at a rich side in comparison with a map for setting a normal target air fuel ratio or a map for setting a D position/low water temperature target air fuel ratio to be used when a D position is selected. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with power required for an internal combustion engine even when increasing moderately after an engine speed of the internal combustion engine reaches an upper limit engine speed. SOLUTION: A target engine speed Ne* and a target torque Te* of the engine are set (S125) using a reference operation line obtained when controlling an air-fuel ratio at a theoretical air fuel ratio, in the case where the engine requiring power Pe* is upper limit power Pemax or less. The target engine speed Ne* is set to an upper engine speed Nemax (S140) when a prescribed fuel amount increase prohibiting condition is not satisfied, in the case where the engine requiring power Pe* exceeds the upper limit power Pemax, and a target air fuel ratio used for the air-fuel ratio control of the engine 22 is set at a rich air-fuel ratio, based on the engine requiring power Pe* (S150). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an electric storage means such as a secondary battery from being charged beyond the limit of charged capacity. SOLUTION: In a hybrid automobile 20 in a power output device, idle time suction air capacity Qidl is corrected so that an output power Pe almost matched with a request power Pe* can be outputted by an engine 22 just after the start of the engine 22, and a motor MG1 is made to generate a power according to an output power Pe from the engine 22 after correction, and suction air capacity correction quantity Qec is reflected on suction air capacity Qe of the engine 22 so that a battery 50 can be charged within an input limit Win by a generated power, and the motor MG1 is controlled. Therefore, when the charged capacity of the battery 50 is limited, the output power Pe of the engine 22 is prevented from exceeding the request power Pe* so that the charged capacity of the battery 50 to be charged according to the generation power of the motor MG1 can be prevented from exceeding the input limit Win. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inhibit defect caused by the condition of a catalyst during motoring primarily aiming at reducing shock in starting of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: In this hybrid automobile, when the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is judged to be in a proper state at step S112, the motoring is continued to reduce an intake air volume into cylinders until intake pipe pressure P reaches a predetermined negative pressure Pref and then combustion control is started. On the other hand, when the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is judged not to be in the proper state at step S112, the combustion control is started even if the intake pipe pressure P is not smaller than Pref. Namely, the combustion control is early performed when catalyst temperature is in a low temperature condition wherein exhaust emission control capacity is lowered or when the catalyst temperature is in a high temperature condition wherein deterioration is accelerated through exposure to air, and therefore the defect caused due to the condition of the catalyst during the motoring such as the degradation of emission and the acceleration of deterioration of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst can be inhibited while primarily aiming at reducing shock in starting of the engine. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an output state detector, detecting the output state of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. SOLUTION: This output state detector of an internal combustion engine detects reaction torque of a generator 3, and detects the output state of the internal combustion engine 1 from the reaction torque. The detector includes: the internal combustion engine 1; the generator driven by the internal combustion engine to generate power; torque detection means 9, 12, 23 for detecting the reaction torque of the generator 3; and output state detection means for detecting the output state of the internal combustion engine 1. The output state detection means 10, 11 detect the output state of the internal combustion engine 1 on the basis of reaction torque of the generator 3 detected by the torque detection means 9, 12, 23. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid knocking and to improve fuel consumption. SOLUTION: When a driving state is shifted to a last state C as a result of demanding a high loading output as a vehicle demand output during high water temperature control where the operation state of an engine 1 is an initial state A, a control device once shifts the drive state to a transitional state B. Then, insufficient output is compensated by a motor generator. After a cooling water temperature becomes a low temperature, the control device shifts the drive state from the transitional state B to the final state C. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent deterioration of the catalyst due to the intermittent operation or deterioration of emission of the exhaust gas discharged outside in the case of intermittently operating an engine in a hybrid type power output device. SOLUTION: This hybrid type power output device including an engine and a motor generator device is provided with a three-dimensional catalytic device for controlling emission of the gas, which is discharged from the engine, with the catalyst and a control unit for determining tolerance of the intermittent operation of the engine in response to emission control ratio of the catalyst as the control for lowering concentration of the harmful material contained in the gas discharged from the engine. The control unit prohibits the intermittent operation of the engine when the emission control ratio of the catalyst is the predetermined value or less. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a start control unit for internal combustion engine capable of improving the exhaust emission purifying performance and fuel consumption performance of an internal combustion engine by optimizing the intake air quantity and fuel injection quantity in the start of the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: This start control unit for internal combustion engine comprises a fuel injection means 11 for injecting fuel onto the intake passage 4 of the internal combustion engine 1 or into the cylinder 10 thereof, an external driving means 33 for rotating a crankshaft regardless of combustion operation, and start control means 40, 42 and 18 for cooperating the fuel injection means 11 and the external driving means 33 to control the start-up of the internal combustion engine 1. The start control means 40, 42 and 18 rotate the crankshaft in a prescribed rotation rise pattern by the external driving means 33, when starting the internal combustion engine 1, and inject the fuel in a prescribed injection pattern by the fuel injection means 11. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO