IP Library Granted Patent US 11,255,289
Granted Patent B2
US 11,255,289 · App. 16/887,315 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Method for sensing closing time of injector using artificial neural network and method for controlling injector using the same

Inventors: Se-Do Oh (Seongnam-si, KR); Ji-Hye Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyung-Soo Do (Gunpo-si, KR); Young-Jin Kim (Seoul, KR); Je-Hyeuk Lee (Seoul, KR); Young-Jae Kim (Gunpo-si, KR); Sung-Jae Kim (Gwacheon-si, KR)
Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION; HYUNDAI AUTOEVER Corp.; HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
F02D41/401G06F17/16G06N3/04G06N3/08F02D2041/389F02D2200/0618
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Patent No.
US 11,255,289
App. No.
16/887,315
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for sensing a closing time of an injector using an artificial neural network may include: sensing, by a controller, a voltage generated by an injector; performing, by the controller, a preprocess to derive an input matrix using variation characteristics of the voltage; and performing, by the controller, a closing time prediction to derive a closing time of the injector by an artificial neural network model including an input layer including the input matrix, a hidden layer, and an output layer.

Claims (40)

1. A method for sensing a closing time of an injector using an artificial neural network, the method comprising:

sensing, by a controller, a voltage generated by an injector;

performing, by the controller, a preprocess to derive an input matrix using variation characteristics of the voltage; and

performing, by the controller, a closing time prediction to derive a closing time of the injector by an artificial neural network model including an input layer including the input matrix, a hidden layer, and an output layer,

wherein the variation characteristics of the voltage are a half-life constant of the voltage, and the half-life constant is a value calculated as:

k

=

-

t

log

2

V

t

V

0

where, V t is a voltage value V for each measurement point, V 0 is a voltage value at an initial measurement point, k is a half-life constant, and t is a time at a measurement point.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the preprocess comprises:

calculating half-life constants at a plurality of measurement time points of the voltage in a specific section;

deriving an approximation polynomial for changes in the calculated half-life constants in accordance with the time; and

deriving the input matrix by normalizing respective coefficients of the approximation polynomial.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein in deriving the approximation polynomial, the coefficients of the approximation polynomial are derived using a normal equation utilizing linear algebra.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein in performing the closing time prediction, the hidden layer derives a first preparation matrix by multiplying the normalized input matrix by a first weight matrix and adding a first bias matrix to the multiplied matrix, and

the hidden layer derives a first resulting matrix by substituting a transfer function of the following equation for the first preparation matrix,

a

1

=

2

1

+

e

-

2

n

1

-

1

where, a 1 is the first resulting matrix, and n 1 is the first preparation matrix.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein in performing the closing time prediction, the output layer calculates a normalized closing time of the injector by multiplying the first resulting matrix by a second weight matrix and adding a bias value to the multiplied matrix, and the output layer calculates a final closing time of the injector by de-normalizing the calculated closing time of the injector.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
To: HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP.
Reel/Frame 058218/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2020
From: OH, SE-DO; KIM, JI-HYE; DO, HYUNG-SOO; KIM, YOUNG-JIN; LEE, JE-HYEUK; KIM, YOUNG-JAE; KIM, SUNG-JAE
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION; HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.; HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054702/0657 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0179101 · Dec 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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