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(11) EP 1 775 453 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
04.07.2007 Bulletin 2007/27

(43) Date of publication:
18.04.2007 Bulletin 2007/16

(21) Application number: 06020473.2

(22) Date of filing: 28.09.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F02D 41/40(2006.01)
F02D 41/00(2006.01)
F02D 19/08(2006.01)
F02D 41/14(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 13.10.2005 JP 2005298276
15.12.2005 JP 2005361302

(71) Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., Ltd.
Tokyo 107-8556 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yamaguchi, Satoshi, c/o Honda R & D Co., Ltd.
    Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
  • Hasegawa, Mamoru, c/o Honda R & D Co., Ltd.
    Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
  • Kitayama, Naoto, c/o Honda R & D Co., Ltd.
    Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
  • Sakamoto, Hideki, c/o Honda R & D Co., Ltd.
    Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)
  • Itoh, Yoshihiro, c/o Honda R & D Co., Ltd.
    Wako-shi, Saitama (JP)

(74) Representative: Prechtel, Jörg et al
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München
81635 München (DE)

   


(54) Control system for internal combustion engine


(57) A control system for an internal combustion engine that has at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine, and burns the injected fuel by compressing an air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber. An operating condition of the engine and/or a refueling condition of a fuel tank for supplying fuel to the engine are/is detected. At least one operating parameter of the engine is changed when at least one of the engine operating condition and the refueling condition detected by the condition detecting means satisfies a predetermined condition in a predetermined low load operating condition of the engine. A cetane number of the fuel in use is estimated according to an ignition timing of the fuel detected after changing the at least one operating parameter of the engine.