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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly determine a fuel injection quantity by properly updating relation of an operation state and a fuel behavior parameter, in a fuel injection quantity control device based on a fuel behavior model. SOLUTION: The fuel injection quantity control device has a fuel behavior parameter determining means for determining a fuel behavior parameter based on relation of an operation state parameter and the fuel behavior parameter. The relation is updated by calculating a value of the fuel behavior parameter based on an actually measured air-fuel ratio, obtaining a linear regression equation of the operation state parameter approximately expressing the fuel behavior parameter based on relation of the fuel behavior parameter and an operation state when the actually measured air-fuel ratio used for the calculation of the value is measured, obtaining difference between the value of the fuel behavior parameter obtained by the linear regression equation and a value of the fuel behavior parameter obtained based on the relation of the operation state parameter and the fuel behavior parameter before the update and changing the value of the fuel behavior parameter by a correction quantity calculated based on the difference. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimally control the fuel amount fed into a cylinder by raising the precision in a model calculation in consideration of a deposit adhering to an injector. SOLUTION: The deposit amount of a cylinder injector 42 is calculated using a tip temperature Tdinj of the calculated cylinder injector 42 (step 102). The values of a cylinder adhesion ratio and a residual ratio are selected corresponding to the deposit amount (steps 106 and 108). The deposit amount of a port injector 40 is calculated using a tip temperature Tpinj of the calculated port injector 40 (step 112). The values of port and valve adhesion ratio and residual ratio are selected corresponding to the deposit. The fuel injection amounts of each injector 40 and 42 are calculated using selected each adhesion ratio and each residual ratio (step 122). COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air fuel ratio control device for an internal combustion engine, capable of avoiding mutual interference between respective air fuel ratio feedback controls based on air fuel ratio sensors arranged in exhaust passages in upstream and downstream sides of a catalyst, respectively, and capable of maintaining stable air fuel ratio controls regardless of states of the air fuel ratio sensors. SOLUTION: This device performs upstream side feedback control based on a value obtained by high-pass filter (A12) processing of a value Dabyf on the basis of an output value of the air fuel ratio sensor on the upstream side, and performs downstream side feedback control based on a value obtained by low-pass filter (A7) processing of a value DVoxs on the basis of an output value of the air fuel ratio sensor on the downstream side. Due to this, control frequency bands of the respective feedback controls can be set so as not to overlap with each other, and mutual interference between the feedback controls can be avoided. In addition, in accordance with active states of the air fuel ratio sensors, responsiveness, change directions of output values and the like, gains and time constants of the filters are changed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catalyst deterioration determination method capable of estimating the maximum occluded amount of oxygen necessary for a catalyst deterioration determination in a rather short period while minimizing the exhausted amount of harmful components. SOLUTION: This catalyst deterioration determination method controls the air/fuel ratio of an engine to a specified lean air/fuel ratio at times t1 to t3, and makes the oxygen occluding amounts of a first catalyst and a second catalyst on the downstream side of the first catalyst arrive at the maximum oxygen occluding amount. Next, until a time t4 when a first catalyst downstream air/fuel ratio sensor output Voxs1 changes to a rich air/fuel ratio, the air/fuel ratio is controlled to an air/fuel ratio slightly lower than the lower limit value of a window width obtained when a catalyst apparatus formed of the first and second catalysts is new, and the maximum oxygen occluding amount CSCmax of the first catalyst is estimated. Next, until a time t5 when a second catalyst downstream air/fuel ratio sensor output Voxs2 changes to the rich ratio, the air/fuel ratio is controlled to that near the lower limit value of the window width obtained at the present time of the catalyst device which is narrowed according to the degree of deterioration of the catalyst device, and the maximum oxygen occluding amount CSCmax of the first catalyst is estimated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a catalytic deterioration determining method for accurately determining whether or not a first catalyst equipped in an exhaust passage and a second catalyst on the downstream side are respectively deteriorated. SOLUTION: This catalytic deterioration determining method respectively controls the air-fuel ration in the first and second lean air-fuel ratios in the time t1 to t2 and the time t2 to t3, and makes an oxygen storage quantity of the first and second catalysts reach a maximum quantity of oxygen storage, and next, controls the air-fuel ratio in the first rich air-fuel ratio up to the time t4 when first catalyst downstream air-fuel ratio sensor output Voxs1 changes to a rich state, and estimates a maximum quantity of oxygen storage CSCmax of the first catalyst. Next, the method controls the air fuel ratio to the second rich air-fuel ratio leaner than the first rich air-fuel ratio up to the time t5 when second catalyst downstream air-fuel ratio sensor output Voxs2 changes to a rich state, and estimates a maximum oxygen storage quantity CUFmax of the second catalyst, and determines whether or not the respective corresponding catalysts are deteriorated on the basis of the maximum oxygen storage quantities CSCmax, and CUFmax of the first and second catalysts. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To satisfactorily avoid wrong learning of influence of friction caused by wrong judgment of a clutch engagement condition in the internal combustion engine employing control automatically stopping and re-starting the internal combustion engine in relation to a stop position control device for the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: This device is provided with an engine friction model 64 and a transmission friction model 65 as friction models for calculating friction which becomes input to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. The device is provided with a clutch switch 56 for discriminating the clutch engagement condition. If it is judged that the clutch is under engagement condition by the clutch switch 56, a second stop position error of a crank stop position is calculated by assuming a condition where the clutch is not engaged. Learning start timing of the friction model is determined based on the second stop position error and first stop position error separately calculated by assuming that the clutch is engaged. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately obtain the temperature of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst even when a catalyst is disposed upstream of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst in an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of cylinder groups are operated at different air-fuel ratios, and the exhaust exhausted from the cylinder groups is merged into, then flowed into the exhaust gas purifying catalyst. SOLUTION: A catalyst temperature estimating apparatus of the internal combustion engine comprises a plurality of exhaust branch pipes connected to a plurality of the cylinder groups of the internal combustion engine respectively, a merging exhaust pipe to merge a plurality of the exhaust branch pipes, a first catalyst disposed in the merging exhaust pipe, and a second catalyst 12 disposed in the exhaust branch pipes of the cylinder groups which are operated at a rich air fuel ratio when performing air fuel ratio independent control to operate a part of a plurality of the cylinder groups at a rich air fuel ratio, while the other cylinder groups are operated at a lean air fuel ratio. In this case, a floor temperature Tcat2 of the first catalyst is estimated in consideration of an unburned fuel component quantity which reacts with the second catalyst (S106). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimize feed back correction quantity of each fuel injection valve in a case of feed back correction of fuel injection quantity based on output of a air fuel ratio sensor in an engine including a port injection valve and a cylinder injection valve. SOLUTION: Air fuel ratio deviation ΔAF is calculated by subtracting actual air fuel ratio AF detected by a first air fuel ratio sensor 22 from target air fuel ratio AFEEF. Excess and insufficient fuel ΔFI is calculated by dividing intake air quantity QA by air fuel ratio deviation ΔAF. Cylinder injection excess and insufficient fuel ΔFIC and port injection excess and insufficient fuel ΔFIP are calculated by multiplying cylinder injection ratio RC and port injection ratio RP to excess and insufficient fuel ΔFI. Cylinder injection feed back gain GC and injection feed back gain GP are determined from a map, and cylinder injection correction quantity FCORRC and port injection correction quantity FCORRP are calculated by multiplying cylinder injection feed back gain GC and injection feed back gain GP to cylinder injection excess and insufficient fuel ΔFIC and port injection excess and insufficient fuel ΔFIP respectively. Cylinder injection quantity FC and port injection quantity FP are calculated by adding standard cylinder injection quantity FCB and standard port injection quantity FPB to the same. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technique for suitably eliminating fouling of an ignition plug due to oil rising in a resting cylinder of a variable cylinder internal combustion engine by ignition of the spark plug, for preventing residues of the spark plug fouling due to the oil and excessive ignition and for realizing all of low power consumption, low fuel consumption and good ignitionability when all the cylinders are operated again. SOLUTION: During a reduced cylinder operation, a degree of fouling of the spark plug of the resting cylinder by the oil rising is estimated at S503. An ignition period or the like of the spark plug of the resting cylinder during the reduced cylinder operation is changed at S504. The spark plug of the resting cylinder is ignited for a necessary and sufficient period to eliminate the fouling of the spark plug estimated at S509 through S514. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI