IP Library Granted Patent US 8,924,134
Granted Patent B2
US 8,924,134 · App. 13/611,743 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

Knock control device of internal combustion engine

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Patent No.
US 8,924,134
App. No.
13/611,743
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a knock control device of an internal combustion engine equipped with a control unit which updates a background level based on an output signal from a knock sensor and detects the generation of a knock by comparing a variation of the background level with a knock determination value, a determination as to whether the knock is generated is performed by ((variation of first filter value of peak hold value)>((1−filter coefficient)/(1+filter coefficient)×(predetermined value larger than maximum value of variation of peak hold value in case where knock is not generated))).

Claims (15)

1. A knock control device of an internal combustion engine, comprising:

a knock sensor which sends an a vibration waveform signal based on the vibration of said internal combustion engine; and

a control unit which updates a background level based on an output signal from said knock sensor, and detects the generation of a knock by comparing a variation of the background level with a knock determination value,

wherein, in said control unit,

the background level is calculated by primary filter calculation of the output signal from said knock sensor, and

when the background level is calculated by

((current background level)=(filter coefficient)×(previous background level)+(1−filter coefficient)×(output signal from knock sensor)),

((1−filter coefficient)/(1+filter coefficient)×(value not lower than maximum value of variation of output signal from knock sensor in case where knock is not generated))

is regarded as the knock determination value.

2. The knock control device of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the maximum value of the variation of the output signal from said knock sensor in the case where the knock is not generated is set depending on the engine speed of said internal combustion engine.

3. The knock control device of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in said control unit, a case where a detection of the generation of the knock in the comparison of the variation of the background level with the knock determination value is established predetermined times within a predetermined time is regarded as the detection of the generation of the knock, and the predetermined time is not higher than a minimum value of a time that can allow continuous knock generation.

4. The knock control device of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the output signal from said knock sensor is a peak hold value of the output signal from said knock sensor.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2012
From: TANAKA, TORU; MATSUSHIMA, YUHEI; EZUMI, KEITARO; KUSUNOKI, TOMOKUNI; INOUE, ATSUSHI; MORIMOTO, HIROKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION; MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028946/0220 →