Electromagnetic valve control unit and internal combustion engine control device using same
An electromagnetic valve control unit for detecting operation of an electromagnetic valve on the basis of a drive voltage or a drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve. The electromagnetic valve control unit includes an A/D converter, a filter, and a detection unit. The A/D converter converts the drive voltage or the drive current into a digital signal. The filter has a gain of about zero at a predetermined frequency. The detection unit detects operation of the electromagnetic valve on the basis of an output of the filter upon input of the digital signal into the filter.
1. An apparatus comprising:
an electromagnetic valve control unit for detecting operation of an electromagnetic valve on the basis of a drive voltage or a drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve, wherein the electromagnetic valve control unit includes:
an A/D converter that converts the drive voltage or the drive current into a digital signal; and
a filter having a gain of zero at a predetermined frequency, wherein
the control unit is configured to detect an operation of the electromagnetic valve on the basis of a time when an inflection point is detected from time series data of an output of the filter upon input of the digital signal into the filter,
the control unit is also configured to correct the drive voltage or the current based on a result of the detecting,
the filter increases the gain as a frequency approaches the predetermined frequency, and
the control unit is also configured to correct the drive voltage or the drive current corrected on the basis of a time when a correlation of the time series data of the drive voltage or the drive current when the electromagnetic valve is opened or closed and a reference pattern in which both a total sum of coefficients and the moment of the coefficients are 0 becomes an extreme value.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the drive voltage and/or the drive current are/is corrected on the basis of a time when a correlation of the time series data of the drive voltage and/or the drive current when the electromagnetic valve is opened/closed and a reference pattern in which both an average of coefficients and the moment of the coefficients are 0 becomes an extreme value.
3. An electromagnetic valve operation detection method for detecting operation of an electromagnetic valve on the basis of a drive voltage or a drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve, comprising:
converting, using an A/D converter, the drive voltage or the drive current into a digital signal;
providing a filter having a gain of zero at a predetermined frequency;
detecting, using a control unit, an operation of the electromagnetic valve on the basis of a time when an inflection point is detected from time series data of an output of the filter upon input of the digital signal into the filter; and
correcting, using the control unit, the drive voltage or the current based on a result of the detecting, wherein
the filter increases the gain as a frequency approaches the predetermined frequency, and
the control unit is configured to correct the drive voltage or the drive current corrected on the basis of a time when a correlation of the time series data of the drive voltage or the drive current when the electromagnetic valve is opened or closed and a reference pattern in which both a total sum of coefficients and the moment of the coefficients are 0 becomes an extreme value.
4. The electromagnetic valve operation detection method according to claim 3 , further comprising increasing, with the filter, the gain as a frequency approaches the predetermined frequency.
5. An apparatus comprising:
an electromagnetic valve control unit that is configured to control opening and closing of an electromagnetic valve using an applied drive voltage and a drive current, wherein
the electromagnetic valve control unit is configured to correct the drive voltage and the drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve based on a detection time of an inflection point from time series data of the drive voltage digitized by an A/D converter and the drive current digitized by an A/D converter when the electromagnetic valve is opened and closed,
the electromagnetic valve control unit is also configured to correct the drive voltage and the drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve based on a time when a correlation of the time series data of the drive voltage and the drive current and a reference pattern, having a same characteristic as a high-pass extraction filter, in which both a total sum of filter coefficients and a moment of the filter coefficients are 0,
the reference pattern is an even-numbered order function that is linearly symmetrical for a predetermined axis, and
the reference pattern is an extreme value.