Method for determining actual lengths of short intervals of a toothed target of a crankshaft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10415489-B2
Application number	US-201615568187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2016
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for determining actual lengths of short intervals, shorter than one segment of a toothed target of the crankshaft. The determination method includes: —a measurement step measuring first times, each corresponding to the time that the target takes to traverse a long interval of a length of a segment, and second times, each corresponding to the time that the target takes to traverse a short interval, —a correction step calculating a first ratio between two long intervals and a second ratio between two short intervals, —a step of obtaining the actual length of each of the long intervals, —a step of calculating a difference in length between two long intervals, —and a step of determining the respective actual lengths of a pair of short intervals of the toothed target.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of determining actual lengths (L p ) of short intervals (I Sx _ i ) of a toothed target ( 1 ) of a crankshaft of a motor vehicle, a short interval (I Sx _ i ) corresponding to a portion smaller than a segment (Sx) of said toothed target ( 1 ) and being formed by a predetermined number of teeth ( 3 ) of the toothed target ( 1 ), a segment (Sx) being divided into a whole number of short intervals (I Sx _ i ) and the predetermined number of teeth ( 3 ) being an identical whole number for each short interval (I Sx _ i ), said method of determination being implemented when said motor vehicle is in a deceleration mode, the method comprising:
a measurement step ( 13 ) involving the following phases performed in parallel:
successive measurement of first times (t 1 ), each one corresponding to the time it takes said target ( 1 ) to traverse a long interval of a length of a segment (Sx), starting from an initial point (p in ) corresponding to the start of each long interval, until obtaining at least one measurement for each long interval, and
successive measurement of second times (t 2 ), each one corresponding to the time it takes said target ( 1 ) to traverse a short interval (I Sx _ i ), starting from said initial point (p in ) associated with the corresponding long interval, until obtaining at least one measurement for one short interval (I Sx _ i ) per each long interval measured,

the measurements of the first times (t 1 ) and the measurements of the second times (t 2 ) being repeated in a staggered manner, during each deceleration mode, each initial point (p in ) having a length equal to a short interval (I Sx _ i ),
a correction step ( 17 ) involving the following phases performed in parallel:
calculation of a first relative ratio (R 1 ) between two long intervals by dividing a first time (t 1 ) of a first long interval, starting at an initial point (p in ), by another first time (t 1 ) of a second long interval starting at the same initial point (p in ), staggered by a long interval, the first time (t 1 ) of a same long interval being measured several times and the correction step ( 17 ) furthermore involving a convergence phase consisting in making the first ratios (R 1 ) corresponding to a same long interval converge on a first mean ratio (R 1m ), and
calculation of a second relative ratio (R 2 ) between two short intervals (I Sx _ i ) by dividing a second time (t 2 ) of a first short interval (I Sx _ i ), starting at the same initial point (p in ), by another second time (t 2 ) of a second short interval (I Sx+1 _ i ) starting at the same initial point, staggered by a long interval,
a step of obtaining ( 21 ) the actual length (L g ) of each of the long intervals, from the mean relative ratios, as follows:

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a step of calculating ( 23 ) a difference of lengths (D) between two long intervals by subtracting an actual length (L g ) of a first long interval starting at the initial point (p in ) with another actual length (L g ) from a second long interval starting at the same initial point (p in ), staggered by a short interval (I Sx _ i ), and
a step of determination ( 25 ) of the respective actual lengths (L p ) of a pair of short intervals (I Sx _ i , I Sx+1 _ i ) of the toothed target ( 1 ) associated during the calculation of the second ratio (R 2 ) and the difference of lengths (D),

the correction step ( 17 ), the step of obtaining ( 21 ) the actual length of each of the long intervals, the step of calculation ( 23 ) and the step of determination ( 25 ) being repeated to determine each pair of short intervals (I Sx _ i , I Sx+1 _ i ) of the toothed target.

2. The method of determination as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the correction step ( 17 ) furthermore involves a phase of correction of each first time (t 1 ) by a deceleration factor.

3. The method of determination as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the correction step ( 17 ) moreover involves another phase of correction of each second time (t 2 ) by a deceleration factor.

4. The method of determination as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second time (t 2 ) of a same short interval (I Sx _ i ) is measured several times and the correction step ( 17 ) involves, furthermore, another phase of convergence, consisting in making the second ratios (R 2 ) converge on a second mean ratio (R 2m ).

5. The method of determination as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the step of determination ( 25 ) consists, for the last short interval (I Sx _ i ) of a segment being determined, in subtracting from an actual length (L g ) of said corresponding segment (Sx), a sum of the actual lengths (L p ) of each other short interval of that segment (Sx).

6. The method of determination as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a step of deducing ( 27 ) a respective correction factor (f cor ) for each short interval (I Sx _ i ) of the toothed target ( 1 ) as a function of the actual length (L p ) calculated and a theoretical length of the corresponding short interval (I Sx _ i ).

7. An electronic module for determination of actual lengths (L p ) of short intervals (I Sx _ i ) of a toothed target ( 1 ) of a crankshaft of a motor vehicle comprising means of implementing each of the steps of a method of determination as claimed in claim 2 .

8. The method of determination as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the correction step ( 17 ) moreover involves another phase of correction of each second time (t 2 ) by a deceleration factor.

9. The method of determination as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second time (t 2 ) of a same short interval (I Sx _ i ) is measured several times and the correction step ( 17 ) involves, furthermore, another phase of convergence, consisting in making the second ratios (R 2 ) converge on a second mean ratio (R 2m ).

10. The method of determination as claimed in claim 8 ,

Assignees

• Continental Automotive France
• Continental Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Marconato Benjamin
• Subbana Sharath

Classifications

• F02D41/2451

  characterised by what is learned or calibrated · CPC title

• F02D41/12

  for deceleration {(F02D41/0005, F02D41/107 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F02D41/009 Primary

  using means for generating position or synchronisation signals · CPC title