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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more appropriately and more accurately determine misfire of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: Rotational fluctuation Nxd which is given as a variation in rotation speed N of a crankshaft at each crank angle of 120° CA corresponding to ignition timing in each cylinder of a six-cylinder engine, a rotational fluctuation difference Nxdflx which is given as difference to a rotational fluctuation Nxd at a crank angle of 360° CA before the rotational fluctuation Nxd, and a total rotational fluctuation Nxdint which is given as a sum of the rotational fluctuation Nxd and the previous rotational fluctuation Nxd at the crank angle of 360° CA before the rotational fluctuation Nxd are calculated (S100-S140). A single misfire determination process which is a single misfire determination logic determining a single misfire pattern by using the calculated rotational fluctuation Nxd, the rotational fluctuation difference Nxdflx, and the total rotational fluctuation Nxdint, a consecutive misfire determination process which is a consecutive misfire determination logic determining a consecutive misfire pattern, and an intermittent misfire determination process which is an intermittent misfire determination logic determining an intermittent misfire pattern are executed (S150-S170) to determine the misfire of the engine. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately and accurately determine a misfire of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: A rotational fluctuation Nxd is given as a variation in rotation speed N of a crankshaft at every 120 degrees crank angle CA, corresponding to an ignition timing in each cylinder of a six-cylinder engine. A difference between the rotation fluctuation Nxd and a previous rotational fluctuation Nxd at a crank angle of 360 degrees before the specific crank angle is calculated as a rotational fluctuation difference Nxdflux, and the specific rotational fluctuation Nxd at the specific crank angle and the previous rotational fluctuation Nxd at the crank angle of 360 degrees before the specific crank angle are summed up to give a total rotational fluctuation Nxdint (S100-S140). There are performed a single misfire determination process which is a single misfire determination logic determining a single misfire pattern by using the calculated rotational fluctuation Nxd, the rotational fluctuation difference Nxdflx and the total rotational fluctuation Nxdint, a consecutive misfire determination process which is a consecutive misfire determination logic determining a consecutive misfire pattern, and an intermittent misfire determination process which is an intermittent misfire determination logic determining an intermittent misfire pattern (S150-S170), thereby determining the engine misfire. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately and accurately determine a misfire in an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: A rotational fluctuation Nxd is given as a variation in rotation speed N of a crankshaft at every 120° crank angle CA, corresponding to an ignition timing in each cylinder of a six-cylinder engine. A difference between the rotation fluctuation Nxd and a previous rotational fluctuation Nxd at a crank angle of 360° before the specific crank angle is calculated as a rotational fluctuation difference Nxdflux, and the specific rotational fluctuation Nxd at the specific crank angle and the previous rotational fluctuation Nxd at the crank angle of 360° before the specific crank angle are summed up to give a total rotational fluctuation Nxdint (S100-S140). There are performed a single misfire determination process which is a single misfire determination logic determining a single misfire pattern by using the calculated rotational fluctuation Nxd, the rotational fluctuation difference Nxdflx and the total rotational fluctuation Nxdint, a consecutive misfire determination process which is a consecutive misfire determination logic determining a consecutive misfire pattern, and an intermittent misfire determination process which is an intermittent misfire determination logic determining an intermittent misfire pattern (S150-S170), thereby determining the engine misfire. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately control the opening/closing timing of an intake valve or an exhaust valve, by preventing shortage of hydraulic pressure supplied to a VVT mechanism. SOLUTION: An ECU executes a program including: a step (S120) estimating an oil temperature based on a water temperature detected by a water temperature sensor; a step (S160) setting NE(1) as a lower limit value of an engine speed NE when the oil temperature is a threshold value THO(0) or more (YES in S130); a step (S170) setting NE(2)(NE(2)
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more accurately set the timing of an intake valve locked to the latest timing by a lock mechanism, to a target timing when an engine is started automatically. SOLUTION: When an engine is started automatically, cranking of the engine is started, and simultaneously, a prescribed timing VVT1 is set so as to be relatively quickened (angle-advanced) than the timing of the latest angle as a commanded opening/closing timing VVT* (S100); and after it is confirmed that the opening/closing timing VVT has reached a neighborhood of the commanded opening/closing timing VVT*, the original target timing is set to the commanded opening/closing timing VVT* (S100 to S130). As a result, it is possible to more accurately release lock by the lock pin body of a variable valve timing mechanism, and to set the opening/closing timing of an intake valve to the original target timing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately stop operation of an engine according to supply of exhaust gas by an EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) system to an intake system when a request is made to stop the operation of the engine for intermittent operation. SOLUTION: When the request to stop the operation of the engine is made for intermittent operation, annealing coefficient τ is set larger as the EGR valve opening EV is larger (S100). The required power Pe* of the engine is set to gradually decrease using the set annealing coefficient τ (S140). When the required power Pe* is a fuel injection stop power Pstop or larger, the engine and two motors are controlled so that the required power Pe* is output from the engine (S150-S170 and S200-S230). When the required power Pe* becomes less than the fuel injection stop power Pstop, the fuel injection to the engine is stopped, and the engine and two motors are controlled so that the operation of the engine is stopped (S180-S230). COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a misfire determination device and a misfire determination method for an internal combustion engine capable of accurately determining a misfire in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle in which a motor is mounted on an output shaft of the internal combustion engine via a torsion element and a planetary gear mechanism and vibration suppression control is performed by the motor. SOLUTION: Threshold values A1, A2 for temporary determination are set by proportional terms P1, P2 in a relational expression of feedback control in vibration suppression control by two motors and the engine speed, and a temporary determination of the misfire is performed based on these threshold values A1, A2 for temporary determination (S120, S130). When the misfire is temporarily determined, threshold values J01, J02, J21, J22, J41, and J42 for main determination are set using the proportional terms P1, P2, and a main determination of misfire is performed using these threshold values (S150, S160). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately determine the misfire of an internal combustion engine having a control device even when the warmup of the control device is promoted or the warmup is completed. SOLUTION: When a catalyst warmup promoting control is not performed, a misfire is determined by classifying the groups of intermittent misfire, single misfire, and continuous misfire by comparing the 30° required time T30 calculated as the time required for a crankshaft to rotate by 30° with thresholds Tref1 and Tref2 (S120 to S150). When the catalyst warmup promoting control is performed, the misfire is determined by classifying the groups of continuous misfire, and intermittent misfire by comparing the 30° required time T30 calculated as the time required for a crankshaft to rotate by 30° with thresholds Tref3 and Tref4 (S160 to S190). Consequently, the misfire of the engine can be accurately determined irrespective of whether the catalyst warmup promoting control is performed or not. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately determine the misfire of an internal combustion engine in a power output device having a transmission means connected to an electric motor and a drive shaft. SOLUTION: When the shift stage of a transmission is Lo, a first threshold A1 and a second threshold for determining the misfire of the engine are set (S220, S280), and the misfire is determined based on the 360° difference Δ360 obtained using the 30° required time T30 calculated as the time required for the 30° rotation of a crankshaft and the first threshold A1 and the second threshold (S230, S290). When the shift stage of the transmission is Hi, a first threshold A2 determined to have a tendency to be smaller than the first threshold A1 and a second threshold are set (S330, S390), and the misfire is determined (S340, S400). Like this, the misfire is determined considering the effects of the driving states of a motor MG2, the transmission, and a planetary gear mechanism on the crankshaft of the engine according to the state of the shift stage. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely determine misfire of an internal combustion engine until completion of warming-up of the engine. SOLUTION: Threshold values A1, A21, A22 used to determine temporary misfire and actual misfire based on cooling water temperature Tw when starting the engine having six cylinders in series are set (S110) to determine temporary misfire for indicating whether rotation fluctuation Nxd per crank angle 120° CA exceeds the threshold value A1 or not by corresponding to ignition timing of each cylinder of the engine (S150). When it is determined that misfire occurs in temporary misfire determination, ignition time advances and increase of amount of fuel is compensated to make a combustion state of the engine satisfactory (S170) and determine actual misfire using the threshold values A21, A22 (S190). Consequently, misfire of the engine when warming up by catalyst can be determined properly and precisely. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI