(19)
(11) EP 1 022 452 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/05

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/30

(21) Application number: 00100581.8

(22) Date of filing: 12.01.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7F02D 41/38, F02M 63/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 25.01.1999 JP 1632399
08.03.1999 JP 6028299

(71) Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Aichi-ken 471-8571 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sugiyama, Tatsumasa
    Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)
  • Katou, Yuuichirou
    Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)

(74) Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker 
Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Postfach 19 64
85319 Freising
85319 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Accumulator fuel injection control apparatus and method


(57) An accumulator fuel injection control apparatus and method which performs fuel injection control with high precision is proposed. This accumulator fuel injection control apparatus is equipped with detection means (14) for detecting an actual measurement value of fuel injection pressure of fuel injected into an engine (1), estimation means (22) for estimating a predictive value of fuel injection pressure, fuel injection amount calculation means (21) for calculating a fuel injection amount using either the actual measurement value or the predictive value, and fuel injection means (2) for injecting fuel into the engine based on the fuel injection amount calculated by the fuel injection amount calculation means (21). The detection means (14) measures the actual measurement value at a first timing (t1), and the fuel injection means (2) injects fuel at a second timing (t2). If an arithmetic processing of the actual measurement value measured at the first timing (t1) is in time for the second timing (t2), the fuel injection amount calculation means (21) calculates a fuel injection amount using a result of the arithmetic processing of the actual measurement value (S50). If the arithmetic processing is not in time for the second timing, the fuel injection amount calculation means (21) calculates the fuel injection amount using the predictive value (S46).







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