Electronic control device and flow rate measurement system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12578091-B2
Application number	US-202118038257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2021
Priority date	Dec 16, 2020
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

An electronic control device includes: a flow rate calculation unit that calculates a flow rate of intake air based on an output signal of a flow rate measurement device assembled to an intake pipe; a flow rate correction value calculation unit that calculates an average value, a maximum value, and a minimum value of the flow rate of the intake air, calculated by the flow rate calculation unit, during a predetermined period, and an amplitude of a signal with one or more frequencies equal to or higher than a fundamental frequency of the output signal of the flow rate measurement device and included in the output signal of the flow rate measurement device, and calculates a correction value for the flow rate of the intake air based on calculation results; and a flow rate correction unit that corrects the flow rate of the intake air based on the correction value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An electronic control device comprising:
a flow rate calculation unit that calculates a flow rate of intake air based on an output signal of a flow rate measurement device assembled to an intake pipe; a flow rate correction value calculation unit that calculates an average value, a maximum value, and a minimum value of the flow rate of the intake air, calculated by the flow rate calculation unit, during a predetermined period, and an amplitude of a signal with one or more frequencies equal to or higher than a fundamental frequency of the output signal of the flow rate measurement device and included in the output signal of the flow rate measurement device, and using a relative position of the average value with respect to the maximum value and the minimum value, and the amplitude of the signal with one or more frequencies, as parameters, calculates a correction value for the flow rate of the intake air based on calculation results; and a flow rate correction unit that corrects the flow rate of the intake air based on the correction value.

2 . The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the flow rate correction value calculation unit includes
one or more bandpass filters provided corresponding to any of the one or more frequencies included in the output signal of the flow rate measurement device, and one or more amplitude detection units that are provided corresponding to the one or more bandpass filters and calculate an amplitude of the output signal having passed through the corresponding bandpass filter.

3 . The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the flow rate correction value calculation unit includes
one or more Fourier transform units provided corresponding to any of the one or more frequencies included in the output signal of the flow rate measurement device, and one or more amplitude detection units that are provided corresponding to the one or more Fourier transform units and calculate an amplitude of a fundamental wave or a harmonic output from the corresponding Fourier transform unit.

4 . The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the flow rate correction value calculation unit includes a neural network model that receives, as input, an average value, a maximum value, and a minimum value of the flow rate of the intake air, calculated by the flow rate calculation unit, during a predetermined period, and an amplitude of a signal with one or more frequencies equal to or higher than a fundamental frequency of the output signal of the flow rate measurement device and included in the output signal of the flow rate measurement device, the neural network model outputting a correction value for the flow rate of the intake air.

5 . The electronic control device according to claim 4 , wherein the flow rate correction value calculation unit includes a frequency selection unit that selects a frequency as a calculation target based on a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine at a time of calculating the amplitude of the signal with the one or more frequencies.

6 . The electronic control device according to claim 5 , wherein at a time of calculating the amplitude of the signal with the one or more frequencies, the frequency selection unit selects a combination of at least one or more frequencies from a fundamental frequency and a harmonic frequency determined by a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.

7 . The electronic control device according to claim 5 , wherein at a time of calculating the amplitude of the signal with the one or more frequencies, the frequency selection unit selects a combination of at least one or more frequencies from one or more frequencies fixed, and a fundamental frequency and a harmonic frequency that are determined by a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.

8 . The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation of the flow rate correction value calculation unit and the correction of the flow rate correction unit are performed in a period synchronized with an intake interval of an internal combustion engine.

9 . The electronic control device according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined period when the flow rate correction value calculation unit calculates the average value, the maximum value, and the minimum value of the flow rate of the intake air calculated by the flow rate calculation unit is a period synchronized with the intake interval of the internal combustion engine or an integral multiple of the period.

10 . The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the correction value is a correction coefficient and/or a correction amount, and the flow rate correction unit multiplies the flow rate of the intake air calculated by the flow rate calculation unit by the correction coefficient, adds the correction amount, or multiplies the flow rate by the correction coefficient and adds the correction amount.

11 . The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation of the correction value by the flow rate correction value calculation unit is stopped when an amount of change in downstream pressure of a throttle valve assembled to the intake pipe during the predetermined period exceeds a predetermined value.

12 . The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation of the correction value by the flow rate correction value calculation unit is stopped when any of the average value, the maximum value, and the minimum value of the flow rate of the intake air, calculated by the flow rate calculation unit, during the predetermined period, and the amplitude of the signal with the one or more frequencies included in the output signal of the flow rate measurement device is out of a predetermined range.

13 . A flow rate measurement system comprising:
a flow rate measurement device assembled to an intake pipe; and an electronic control device, wherein the electronic control device includes a flow rate calculation unit that calculates a flow rate of intake air based on an output signal of the flow rate measurement device, a flow rate correction value calculation unit that calculates an average value, a maximum value, and a minimum value of the flow rate of the intake air, calculated by the flow rate calculation unit, during a predetermined period, and an amplitude of a signal with one or more frequencies equal to or higher than a fundamental frequency of the output signal of the flow rate measurement device and included in the output signal of the flow rate measurement device, and, using a relative position of the average value with respect to the maximum value and the minimum value, and the amplitude of the signal with one or more frequencies as parameters, calculates a correction value for the flow rate of the intake air based on calculation results, and a flow rate correction unit that corrects the flow rate of the intake air based on the correction value.

Assignees

• Hitachi Astemo Ltd

Inventors

• Ishikawa Hiroto
• Suzuki Kunihiko

Classifications

• G01F1/72

  Devices for measuring pulsing fluid flows · CPC title

• G01F1/6965

  comprising means to store calibration data for flow signal calculation or correction · CPC title

• F23N2900/05181

  Controlling air to fuel ratio by using a single differential pressure detector · CPC title

• F23N2005/181

  using detectors sensitive to rate of flow of air · CPC title

• F23N5/265

  using electronic means · CPC title