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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance measuring efficiency by shortening the time required for restoring the temperature of a temperature sensor to a reference temperature in a contact heat sensitive measuring sensor device. SOLUTION: In a sensor support member 30 which supports the temperature sensor 12 on the side of a measuring target, a control temperature sensor 14 is installed in the inner peripheral surface being the side surface opposite to a measuring side of the sensor support member 30 and a Peltier element 16 is brought into contact with the control temperature sensor 14 through a plate-like member 28 made of a metal. A radiation fin integrated type cylindrical member 20 and a fan motor 22 for driving a cooling fan 42 are provided on the side opposite to the measuring side with respect to the Peltier element 16 and the radiation fin integrated type cylindrical member 20 is brought into contact with the Peltier element 16. The sensor support member 30, the control temperature sensor 14, the Peltier element 16, the radiation fin integrated type cylindrical member 20 and the fan motor 22 are integrated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute idle stabilization correction of an internal combustion engine without risk of stalling the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: An engine ECU sets time constant τ corresponding to elapsed time t to a value smaller than time constant τc after time tc (S310), and calculates idle stabilization reference Nref according to the equation of Nref=previous Nref+(Ne-previous Nref)/τ (S320). Until the time tc is reached or until idle stabilization correction is started, steps 300-330 are repeated. According to this, the idle stabilization reference Nref rapidly gets close to rotating speed Ne of an engine 22. When the time tc is reached a difference ΔN is calculated by subtracting the idle stabilization reference Nref from the rotating speed Ne of the engine 22 (S340), an ignition timing correction quantity (a) corresponding to the difference Δ N (S350) is determined, and the ignition timing is corrected based on the ignition timing correction quantity (a) (S360). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more appropriately estimate temperature of a fuel injection valve irrespective of automatic stop and automatic start of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: Tip temperature Tinj of a cylinder fuel injection valve is estimated by an engine in-operation logic when the engine is in operation (S120), and tip temperature Tinj of the cylinder fuel injection valve is estimated by an engine operation stop logic when the engine is in automatic stop (S140). Consequently, tip temperature of the fuel injection valve can be more appropriately estimated irrespective of existence of operation of the engine. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress excessive temperature rise of an engine and a motor when abnormality of control signal for controlling drive of a cooling fan used for cooling of the engine, the motor or the like occurs. SOLUTION: This system determines whether abnormality exists in data input for controlling drive of the cooling fan (step S100, S110). If existence of abnormality is determined, drive level F* of the cooling fan is established to High (Hi) (step S130), and a fan motor is controlled to drive the cooling fan at established drive level F* (step S140). Consequently, the engine and the motor are prevented from reaching high temperature even if abnormality occurs in input data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely start an internal combustion engine and to suppress resonance generated in the start of the engine. SOLUTION: When a battery temperature Tb does not exceed a threshold value Tb1 or a battery output limit Wout does not exceed a threshold value W1 in the start of the internal combustion engine, that is, when it is possible that motoring of the engine is not normally performed depending on a state of a battery, a fuel injection control is started before an engine speed Ne exceeds a threshold value Nref larger than a resonance speed area (S120 to S140) to start the engine. Therefore, the engine is surely started. On the other hand, when the battery can normally perform the motoring of the engine, the fuel injection control is started after the engine speed Ne exceeds the threshold value Nref larger than the resonance speed area (S120 to S140) to start the engine. Therefore, the resonance generated in the start of the engine is suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a stable exhaust purification in the case when fuel is injected after active control of an air/fuel ratio is exercised. SOLUTION: When conditions for exercising an active control are established, a CPU 52 performs the active control in which a lean air/fuel ratio and rich air/fuel ratio are alternated as a target air/fuel ratio. In this case, every time the output value of a rear exhaust sensor 36 is changed, anomaly of the exhaust sensor 36 is determined on the basis of a prescribed reference time for determination. When the rear exhaust sensor 36 is determined as being normal to finish the active control, the following control is exercised. That is, in the case when the target air/fuel ratio just before the finish is a lean air/fuel ratio, the fuel/injection amount is increasingly corrected, so that the operation is continued for a neutralization control time Tntrl by correcting the target air/fuel ratio after finish of the active control to a rich air/fuel ratio. In the case when the target air/fuel ratio is a rich air/fuel ratio, the fuel injection amount is decreasingly corrected by correcting the target air/fuel ratio after finish of the active control to a lean air/fuel ratio. Thus, the amount of oxygen occlusion in an exhaust purification catalyst 31 is controlled to fall in a predetermined neutral range (range in which the purification function is not lowered). COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more appropriately update learned values in an unlearned region and secure good startability of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: Out of the learned values in the unlearned region, learned values in a region in which intake air amount is smaller than that in a learn-completed region and which is not positioned in a lean side are updated after guard processing in a guard range R is performed (S190, S200). Out of the learned values in the unlearned region, learned values in a region in which intake air amount is smaller than that in the learn-completed region and which is positioned in the lean side are updated by using the learned values without performing guard processing in the guard range R (S180, S200). COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power output device provided with an electric motor and an internal combustion engine which has an in-cylinder fuel injection valve and a port fuel injection valve, and to provide a control for switching between the fuel injection valves and adjustment of fuel injection. SOLUTION: When switching between the fuel injection from the in-cylinder fuel injection valve and the fuel injection from the port fuel injection valve is performed, counter torque Tcnt according to the switching is set (S212 to S218) and the counter torque is output from a motor (S230). The start of the corresponding adjustment is permitted, when adjustment of the fuel injection from the valves is required (S120), a requirement power P* corresponds to an adjustment power region P(Rn) in which transition to an operation point for each adjustment can be performed while preventing a driver from feeling incongruity (S160), and remaining capacity of the battery is within an allowable SOC range required for completion of the corresponding adjustment (S180). COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a device necessary to preheat an engine and more promptly start the engine while preheating it. SOLUTION: A circulation pipe passage 61 forming a circulation passage of a heat exchange medium is provided with a heat storage tank 65 warming and holding the heat exchange medium heated by the engine 22 and a water pump 62 of which rotational shaft is mechanically connected to a crankshaft of the engine 22 for circulating the heat exchange medium inside the circulation pipe passage 61 and driven by rotational force of the crankshaft. When start of the engine 22 is instructed, if engine water temperature from a temperature sensor 23 is below predetermined temperature, cranking of the engine 22 is continued for predetermined time to preheat the engine 22. After the predetermined time passes, fuel injection and ignition are started to start the engine 22. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the warming-up equipment of an internal combustion engine which can preferably prevent the aggravation of warming-up performance. SOLUTION: In the warming-up equipment of an internal combustion engine, prior to the operation of the internal combustion engine E, when cooling water stored in a heat accumulation tank 21 is supplied to the internal combustion engine E by an electromotive water pump 22, the supply of the cooling water by the water pump 22 is stopped when it is detected that the temperature of the internal combustion engine E is not lower than the temperature of the cooling water. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO