EP1596055A1 - Procede et dispositif d'injection de carburant - Google Patents

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EP1596055A1
EP1596055A1 EP04706791A EP04706791A EP1596055A1 EP 1596055 A1 EP1596055 A1 EP 1596055A1 EP 04706791 A EP04706791 A EP 04706791A EP 04706791 A EP04706791 A EP 04706791A EP 1596055 A1 EP1596055 A1 EP 1596055A1
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    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M51/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by being operated electrically
    • F02M51/02—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by being operated electrically specially for low-pressure fuel-injection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F02M51/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by being operated electrically
    • F02M51/04—Pumps peculiar thereto
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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    • F02D2041/2003—Output circuits, e.g. for controlling currents in command coils using means for creating a boost voltage, i.e. generation or use of a voltage higher than the battery voltage, e.g. to speed up injector opening
    • F02D2041/2006—Output circuits, e.g. for controlling currents in command coils using means for creating a boost voltage, i.e. generation or use of a voltage higher than the battery voltage, e.g. to speed up injector opening by using a boost capacitor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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    • F02D2041/2058—Output circuits, e.g. for controlling currents in command coils characterised by the control of the circuit using information of the actual current value
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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  • the present invention relates to an electronic fuel injection control method and control apparatus for supplying fuel to an engine, etc, and more particularly, to a fuel injection control method and control apparatus for injecting a required fuel injection quantity accurately while eliminating effects of variations in coil resistance of a fuel injection solenoid caused by variations in power supply voltage and temperature, etc.
  • FIG.18 illustrates a specific example of a control circuit of such a conventional fuel injection apparatus that detects the power supply voltage.
  • a fuel injection quantity per unit time injected from the fuel injection apparatus varies due to variations in power supply voltage (battery voltage), in view of which, the fuel injection time is adjusted using a level of the power supply voltage.
  • the power supply voltage V B applied to a power supply terminal 11 is input to a microcomputer 13 of ECU (Electronic Control Unit) via a power supply voltage input circuit 12.
  • the microcomputer 13 When the power supply voltage V B is low, the microcomputer 13 outputs a driving pulse with a longer ON time of a FET 14 to a FET driving circuit 15 so as to adjust the driving time (fuel injection time) of a fuel injection solenoid 16 to be longer. Meanwhile, when the power supply voltage V B is high, the microcomputer 13 outputs a driving pulse with a shorter ON time of the FET 14 to the FET driving circuit 15 so as to adjust the driving time of the fuel injection solenoid 16 to be shorter. In this way, the fuel injection quantity is controlled so that a required proper quantity of fuel is supplied without being affected by variations in power supply voltage.
  • FIG.19 is a view for illustrating a control circuit of a fuel injection apparatus of a conventional type of performing constant current control.
  • the power supply voltage V B applied to the power supply terminal 11 is detected in a power supply voltage detecting circuit 21, while the coil current is detected in resistance 22 and a current detecting circuit 23 provided for current detection.
  • the microcomputer 13 and constant current driving circuit 24 control so that the coil current does not vary with variations in power supply voltage V B .
  • a method is further performed for detecting a fuel temperature corresponding to a temperature of an electromagnetic coil, setting a correction pulse width for correcting an operation delay time of a fuel injection valve based on the fuel temperature and battery voltage, and using a value of the sum of an effective injection pulse width corresponding to a fuel quantity to supply to an engine and the correction pulse width as a final injection pulse width (JP H08-4575).
  • an idling control apparatus of an internal combustion which is not to adjust a fuel injection quantity to the internal combustion, but to stabilize rotation speed at idling operation of the internal combustion, detects an operation state of the internal combustion, provides a control signal to an opening area adjustment apparatus of a bypass passage that bypasses a throttle valve to feed air to the internal combustion to detect an actual driving current of the opening area adjustment apparatus, calculates a correction amount of the control signal subsequent to startup of the opening area adjustment apparatus based on the detection result of the actual driving current, and using the correction amount, corrects a control signal that is calculated in advance before the startup (JP H09-126023).
  • the temperature of the electromagnetic coil whose fuel injection characteristics vary with temperature does not agree with the fuel temperature always, and it is necessary to place a driving control apparatus of the engine fuel injection valve inside a fuel tank with a limited capacity to detect the fuel temperature, resulting in a problem of decreasing the fuel storage capacity of the fuel tank corresponding to such placement.
  • control apparatus as disclosed in JP H09-126023 adjusts an air amount to supply to the internal combustion to stabilize the idling rotation speed of the internal combustion to predetermined speed to prevent hunting, falling or stall in the number of idling rotations, and to adjust a fuel supply quantity varying every instant from the internal combustion side, requires a regulator or the like to adjust a fuel supply quantity independently of the opening area adjustment apparatus that adjusts the air amount, resulting in problems of increased complexity in the entire apparatus and increased cost.
  • an electromagnetic fuel injection system using an electromagnetic fuel injection pump that pressurizes and injects fuel, as distinct from the conventional type of fuel injection apparatus or fuel injection system that injects fuel pressurized and fed in/from a fuel pump or regulator.
  • This electromagnetic fuel injection system has a significant advantage of capable of implementing miniaturization and cost reduction as compared to the conventional type of fuel injection system, but a characteristic that an injection quantity is affected by a coil current for driving a fuel injection solenoid, and therefore, a problem that it is not possible to perform proper correction of the fuel injection quantity in response to a required quantity only by simply increasing/decreasing a driving pulse width based on the power supply voltage of the battery as described above.
  • the present invention aims to solve various issues of the conventional fuel injection control apparatuses and control methods as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a fuel injection control method and control apparatus capable of adjusting a fuel injection quantity corresponding to a state of the fuel injection solenoid in response to a fuel injection quantity required from the engine side varying every instance.
  • the present invention provides a fuel injection control method for measuring a coil current passed through a fuel injection solenoid at one or more points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the solenoid, and correcting and adjusting timing for halting the driving of the solenoid based on a measured value of the coil current.
  • the timing for halting the driving of the solenoid is corrected and adjusted based on the measured value of the coil current that has a significant effect on an increase in temperature of the fuel injection solenoid, it is possible to perform fuel injection control to obtain a required proper quantity.
  • the coil current is measured at a plurality of points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the fuel injection solenoid, thereby enabling recognition of transition of the coil current as well as an absolute value of the coil current at some point, and it is thus possible to perform fuel injection control in response to a required fuel injection quantity with more accuracy than in correcting the timing for halting the driving of the solenoid based on the measured value of the coil current at a single point.
  • the fuel injection control method has the steps of starting driving of a fuel injection solenoid, measuring a coil current passed through the solenoid at one or more points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the driving of the solenoid, and obtaining a correction value to correct timing for halting the driving of the solenoid based on a measured value of the coil current.
  • the correction is performed using a correction value determined based on the measured value of the coil current and a required fuel injection quantity for the solenoid. Further, correction values are determined in advance corresponding to various combinations of the measured value of the coil current and the required fuel injection quantity for the solenoid, and a correction value selected corresponding to one of the combinations is used.
  • the correction of the timing for halting the driving of the solenoid is comprised of the steps of obtaining a gradient correction value indicated by a ratio between an increase in the required fuel injection quantity and an increase in output driving pulse width of the solenoid, determined based on either or both of the measured value of the coil current and the required fuel injection quantity for the solenoid, further obtaining a corrected inoperative time elapsing until fuel injection is started after starting the driving of the solenoid where the inoperative time is determined corresponding to the measured value of the coil current, and calculating a correction value by adding the corrected inoperative time to a value of multiplication of a required driving pulse corresponding to the required fuel injection quantity by the gradient correction value, so as to adjust the timing for halting the solenoid using the correction value, thus enabling precise fuel injection control.
  • the power supply voltage to apply to the solenoid is measured, and based on the power supply voltage, the timing for halting the driving of the solenoid is corrected. Then, in next or subsequent driving cycle of the solenoid, a correction value to correct the timing for halting the driving of the solenoid is obtained based on the currently measured value of the coil current.
  • the present invention provides a fuel injection control apparatus having means for driving a fuel injection solenoid, current measuring means for measuring a coil current passed through the solenoid at one or more points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the driving of the solenoid, and control means for obtaining a correction value to correct timing for halting the driving of the solenoid based on a measured value of the coil current, and adjusting the timing for halting the driving of the solenoid using the correction value.
  • a feedback circuit may be provided to reuse energy released from the solenoid at the time of halting the driving of the solenoid, as energy for driving the solenoid.
  • the feedback circuit includes a capacitor to charge the energy released from the solenoid at the time of halting the driving of the solenoid. It is thereby possible to reduce power consumption of the battery and further reduce the capacity of the battery.
  • the fuel injection control method and apparatus are to correct and adjust the timing for halting driving of the solenoid based on a measured value of the coil current that has a significant effect on an increase in temperature of the fuel injection solenoid, and thus enable fuel injection control with required proper quantity. Further, it is possible to recognize the transition of the coil current by measuring the coil current at a plurality of points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the fuel injection solenoid, thereby achieving fuel injection control that more accurately responds to a required fuel injection quantity.
  • FIG.1 shows an example of an entire schematic configuration of a fuel injection system including a fuel injection control apparatus according to the present invention.
  • the electromagnetic fuel injection system has as its basic configuration a plunger pump 32 that is an electromagnetically driven pump which pressurizes and feeds fuel inside a fuel tank 31, an inlet orifice nozzle 33 having an orifice portion through which is passed the fuel with the predetermined pressure pressurized and fed in/from the plunger pump 32, an injection nozzle 34 that injects the fuel passed through the inlet orifice nozzle 33 with the pressure higher than a predetermined value to an intake passage (of an engine), and a control unit (ECU) 36 configured to output a control signal to the plunger pump 32 or the like based on operation information of the engine and on a coil current flowing through a solenoid (fuel injection solenoid in the present invention) of the plunger pump 32.
  • the control means in the fuel injection control apparatus according to the present invention corresponds to the control unit 36.
  • FIG.2 is to explain a configuration of the fuel injection control apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • a fuel injection solenoid hereinafter, referred to as a "solenoid” or “coil” as appropriate
  • the plunger pump 32 is driven by driving means composed of switching elements to drive the fuel injection solenoid 46 such as, for example, an N-channel FET 44, FET 48 and FET driving circuit 45.
  • the fuel injection apparatus is provided with a capacitor 50 and diode 42 to charge energy released from the solenoid 46 in halting driving of the solenoid 46. It is thereby possible to achieve both reductions in power consumption and capacity of a battery 41. This is because the energy stored in the solenoid 46 is reused as driving energy for the solenoid 46. Further, since the voltage higher than the power supply voltage (for example, 12V) is charged in the capacitor 50, the coil current rises steeply in starting driving of the solenoid 46, and there is obtained an advantage of reducing the operation start time (inoperative time) of the plunger pump 32.
  • the power supply voltage for example, 12V
  • control apparatus is further provided with a current detecting circuit 6 that measures a coil current Ir passed through the solenoid 46 at one or more points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the fuel injection solenoid 46, and control means including driving driver and microcomputer 43 which obtain a correction value to correct timing for halting the driving of the solenoid 46 based on one or more measured values of the coil current, and based on the correction value, adjust the timing for halting the driving of the solenoid 46 in next and subsequent driving .
  • a current detecting circuit 6 that measures a coil current Ir passed through the solenoid 46 at one or more points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the fuel injection solenoid 46
  • control means including driving driver and microcomputer 43 which obtain a correction value to correct timing for halting the driving of the solenoid 46 based on one or more measured values of the coil current, and based on the correction value, adjust the timing for halting the driving of the sole
  • the power supply voltage (V B ) of the battery 41 is applied to one end of the solenoid 46 via a diode 57.
  • the other end of the solenoid 46 is connected to the drain of the FET 44. As described above, the other end may be connected to the capacitor 50 to charge the energy released from the solenoid 46 via the diode 42.
  • the ON/OFF operation of the FET 48 may be the same as in the FET 44, or the FET 48 may be ON prior to driving (ON of the FET 44) of the solenoid 46.
  • the FET 48 is switched off before the FET 44 is switched off.
  • a source terminal of the FET 44 is grounded via resistance 52 for current detection.
  • the FET 44 becomes ON by the driving pulse, the power supply voltage is supplied to the solenoid 46 from the battery 41 and driving of the solenoid 46 is started. Then, the current passed through the solenoid 46 is measured in the current detecting circuit 6.
  • a voltage drop (“R 52 " x “coil current value”) generated between opposite terminals of current detection resistance 52 (low resistance) is amplified in an amplifying circuit composed of series resistance 7, feedback resistance 8 and operational amplifier 9 and output to an analog input terminal of the microcomputer 43.
  • the microcomputer 43 converts the input analog current value into a digital value to store in an internal memory.
  • timing for halting driving of the solenoid 46 is corrected based on a measured value of the coil current stored in the memory in the control means, whereby fuel injection is carried out which suitably responds to a required fuel injection quantity.
  • the energy released from the solenoid 46 in halting driving of the solenoid 46 is charged in the capacitor 50 to reuse in FIG.2, but may be consumed in, for example, a sunaber circuit as shown in FIG.18 as in the conventional technique.
  • a configuration is available where the other end of the solenoid 46 is connected to the battery 41 via the diode 42 to charge the battery 41.
  • FIG.3 shows the mutual relationship between required driving pulse Pw of the solenoid 46 corresponding to required fuel injection quantity Qc, pulse width Tw of the required driving pulse Pw, driving time Tr until a measured value Ir of the coil current is detected after starting driving of the solenoid 46, and output driving pulse Pout actually output to the FET 44 for driving the solenoid 46.
  • the coil current is measured at predetermined one or more points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the solenoid 46.
  • measured values of the coil current passed through the solenoid 46 after a lapse of Tr1, Tr2, Tr3...Trn since the time of starting driving of the solenoid 46 are indicated by Ir1, Ir2, Ir3...Irn, respectively.
  • the correction value Pr of the required driving pulse Pw is obtained based on the coil current Ir (one or more measured values) obtained principally in the last driving (or before the last driving) of the solenoid during the time the solenoid 46 is actually driven, and based on the correction value Pr, adjustment is carried out such as an increase or decrease in driving time of the solenoid 46.
  • the output driving pulse Pout rises in synchronization with a rising edge of the required driving pulse Pw, the solenoid 46 is thereby driven, and the coil current I starts flowing. Then, at predetermined one or more points at each of which respective predetermined time, for example, 2ms, or 2ms, 4ms or 6ms has elapsed since the start of driving of the solenoid 46, measured values Ir (Ir1, Ir2 and Ir3) of the coil current are measured.
  • the measured values Ir (Ir of one point, or Ir1, Ir2 and Ir3 of three points) are read from the memory, and based on the measured values Ir of the coil current and the required fuel injection quantity Qc, the correction value Pr is obtained with respect to the required fuel injection quantity Qc.
  • the required driving pulse width Tw corresponding to the required fuel injection quantity Qc is corrected based on the correction value Pr, and the output driving pulse Pout is supplied to the gate of the FET 44. In this way, appropriate adjustment of fuel injection quantity is carried out in the fuel injection apparatus where the fuel injection quantity is affected by the coil current for driving the fuel injection solenoid.
  • the correction value Pr is obtained based on a plurality of coil current values (Ir1, Ir2, Ir3...Irn) at a plurality of points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the solenoid 46
  • the correction value Pr is obtained from the Ir axis of n dimensions, or a first correction value Pr is obtained based on a first measured value Ir1 of the coil current, corrected successively based on a subsequent measured value Ir, thereby obtaining Pr2, Pr3...Prn, and Prn is set as a final correction value.
  • FIG.4 is a view showing the concept of obtaining the pulse width Tout of the output driving pulse Pout in the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • a correction pulse width calculation processing section 71 obtains the correction value Pr of the required driving pulse Pw corresponding to the required fuel injection quantity Qc, based on the required fuel injection quantity Qc and measured value Ir of the coil current.
  • a calculator 72 (for example, adder/subtracter) adds or subtracts the correction value Pr to/from the required driving pulse width Tw corresponding to the required fuel injection quantity Qc, and thereby obtains the output driving pulse width Pout for next time (or next and subsequent time).
  • the microcomputer 43 includes the correction pulse width calculation processing section 71 and adder 72.
  • the correction value Pr is obtained based on a plurality of coil current values (Ir1, Ir2, Ir3...Irn) at a plurality of points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the solenoid 46, the correction value Pr is obtained from the Ir axis of n dimensions, or a first correction value Pr is obtained based on a first measured value Ir1 of the coil current, corrected successively based on a subsequent measured value Ir, thereby obtaining Pr2, Pr3...Prn, and Prn is set as a final correction value.
  • the coil current sometimes varies largely in measurement due to multiplexing of noise or the like caused by temperature and coil resistance, etc.
  • the output driving pulse Pout is output which is corrected using the correction value varying every measurement, the fuel injection quantity is not stabilized and the inconvenience arises in driving the engine.
  • the microcomputer 43 calculates a plurality (a predetermined number) of last correction values and an average correction value of the plurality of last correction values to store.
  • a currently measured and calculated correction value exceeds a predetermined allowance of the average correction value, correction processing is performed to obtain the pulse width Tout of the next output driving pulse Pout. Meanwhile, when the correction value is within the allowance, the correction processing is not performed.
  • FIG.5 is a chart for conceptually showing a scheme of obtaining the correction value Pr of the solenoid driving pulse in the correction processing based on a measured value Ir of the coil current during the driving of the solenoid according to the present invention as described earlier.
  • a correction map is prepared in a memory 8 in the microcomputer constituting the present invention.
  • the measured value Ir of the coil current is plotted on the horizontal axis (when the correction value Pr is obtained based on n coil current values at a plurality of points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed, Ir axis of n dimensions), the required fuel injection quantity Qc is plotted on the vertical axis, and correction values Pr are mapped in relation to various combinations of the measured value Ir of the coil current and required fuel injection quantity Qc.
  • the correction values Pr in relation to the combinations of the measured value Ir of the coil current and required fuel injection quantity Qc are obtained beforehand by experiment or the like.
  • Such a correction value map may be a multi-dimensional map exceeding n dimensions when there is a plurality of variable elements as described later.
  • the output driving pulse Pout for actually switching between ON and OFF of the FET 44 for driving the solenoid 46 is corrected based on the measured values Ir of the coil current at one or more points after a lapse of predetermined time since the start of driving of the solenoid 46 and on the required driving pulse Pw corresponding to the required fuel injection quantity, the relationship is linear between the required fuel injection quantity and actual fuel injection quantity in the electromagnetic fuel injection pump that pressurizes the fuel to inject, and it is possible to correct a required quantity of fuel injection accurately.
  • a fuel injection method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below using as an example the case of applying the electromagnetic fuel injection system with the configuration as shown in FIG.1. Descriptions of the configuration of the electromagnetic fuel injection system overlap the first embodiment and are omitted.
  • the output driving pulse width Tout is obtained by adding the corrected inoperative time to a value of multiplication of the required driving pulse corresponding to the required fuel injection quantity Qc by the gradient correction value.
  • FIG.6 shows the relationship between the fuel injection quantity Q and output driving pulse width Tout of the solenoid in a fuel injection control system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the fuel injection quantity Q is zero during the time for the pulse width to rise from zero to some value (Toffset), and then increases with some gradient Td as the pulse width increases.
  • a predetermined period of time (Toffset) after starting driving the solenoid 46 is the time during which actual fuel injection is not started, and is called inoperative time because the time does not affect the injection quantity.
  • the inoperative time Toffset is also a variable value affected by the measured value Ir of the coil current. Accordingly, in the case of performing more proper fuel injection in response to the fuel injection quantity Q, it is necessary to also correct Toffset.
  • the gradient Td is a ratio between an increase in the required fuel injection quantity Qc and an increase in the output driving pulse width of the solenoid, and is called gradient correction value Td in the specification of the present invention.
  • the inoperative time Toffset varies with level of the coil current as described above, and therefore, is expressed as the function of measured value Ir of the coil current.
  • a value of corrected inoperative time Toffset is obtained corresponding to the measured value Ir of the coil current.
  • the value of corrected inoperative time Toffset is obtained from, for example, a two-dimensional map on which values of Toffset are mapped in relation to measured values Ir1 of the coil current at the first point of the coil current after a lapse of time Tr1. The map is obtained in advance by experiment or the like.
  • the gradient correction value Td is the function of the measured value Ir (for example, Ir1) of the coil current, as in inoperative time Toffset. Accordingly, the value of gradient correction value Td is obtained, for example, from the two-dimensional map where values of Td are mapped in relation to Ir.
  • the gradient correction value Td is the function of the measured value Ir of the coil current and required fuel injection quantity Qc.
  • the gradient correction value Td is obtained using a three-dimensional map where values of gradient correction value Td are mapped in relation to the measured value Ir of the coil current and required fuel injection quantity Qc. These maps are obtained in advance by experiment or the like.
  • FIG.7 shows an example of an injection quantity characteristics graph indicating the relationship between actual fuel injection quantity Qout and output driving pulse width Tout for final fuel injection with respect to various measured values Ir of the coil current.
  • the injection quantity characteristics graph as shown in FIG.7 indicates that as the measured value Ir of the coil current increases, the inoperative time decreases and a more amount of fuel injection is carried out with respect to the same output driving pulse width.
  • FIG.8 shows an example of the relationship between the inoperative time Toffset and measured value Ir of the coil current.
  • FIG.9 shows an example of the relationship between gradient correction value Td and measured value Ir (for example, Ir1) of the coil current.
  • the relationship is linear between the required fuel injection quantity Qc and output driving pulse width Tout, irrespective of the value of required fuel injection quantity Qc, the relationship between the gradient correction value Td and measured value Ir of the coil is only the relationship as shown in FIG.9.
  • FIG. 10 is a second conceptual view for illustrating a scheme of obtaining a corrected output driving pulse width Tout in the second embodiment.
  • a multiplier 75 multiplies the required driving pulse Pw corresponding to the required fuel injection quantity Qc by the gradient correction value Td.
  • the gradient correction value Td is obtained from a map 81 based on the measured value Ir of the coil current.
  • the gradient correction value Td can be obtained also based on a plurality of coil current values (Ir1, Ir2, Ir3...Irn) at a plurality of points at each of which respective predetermined time has elapsed since the start of driving of the solenoid 46.
  • the gradient correction value Td is obtained from the Ir axis of n dimensions, or a first gradient correction value Td 1 is obtained based on a first measured value Ir1 of the coil current, corrected successively based on a subsequent measured value Ir, thereby obtaining Td2, Td3...Tdn, and Tdn is set as a final correction value.
  • an adder 76 adds the inoperative time Toffset to a value of Qc x Td. Used as the inoperative time Toffset is a corrected inoperative time Toffset obtained from a map 82 based on the measured value Ir of the coil current. Thus, the output driving pulse width Tout for final fuel injection is obtained.
  • the microcomputer 43 includes the multiplier 75 and adder 76. Maps 81 and 82 are stored in a data storage in the microcomputer 43.
  • the gradient correction value Td is obtained based on one or more measured values Ir of the coil current, or on the measured value Ir of the coil current and required fuel injection quantity Qc
  • the corrected inoperative time Toffset is obtained based on the measured value Ir of the coil current
  • the output driving pulse width Tout for the final fuel injection is corrected using the corrected inoperative time Toffset and gradient correction value Td.
  • FIG.11 is a view for illustrating a control mechanism in a fuel injection control apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the control mechanism has a configuration with the electromagnetic fuel injection system as illustrated in FIG.2 and further a power supply voltage detecting circuit 49 that detects the power supply voltage V B and supplies the detected value to the microcomputer 43.
  • the other structure is the same as the configuration as illustrated in FIG.2.
  • FIG.12 shows an example of correction processing control flow in the third embodiment.
  • the last fuel injection cycle is not present, and therefore, there is no data of measured values Ir of the coil current at one or more points after starting fuel injection in the last fuel injection cycle to be referred to so as to obtain the gradient correction value Td and corrected inoperative time Toffset.
  • the same situation occurs in the case of resuming driving of the solenoid 46 after the fuel injection is halted due to a fuel cut occurring when a vehicle mounted with the engine drives down a hill or a fuel cut for an idling stop in waiting at traffic lights.
  • the power supply voltage V B decreases extremely, the microcomputer is thereby reset, and it is not possible to refer to data of Ir of the last fuel injection.
  • the power supply voltage detecting circuit 49 detects the power supply voltage V B , and based on the detected value, the gradient correction value Td and corrected inoperative time Toffset are obtained.
  • a map on which the corrected inoperative time Toffset is mapped in relation to the power supply voltage V B and another map on which the gradient correction value Td is mapped in relation to the power supply voltage V B are obtained in advance by experiment or the like and stored in a storage section in the microcomputer, which is not shown in the figure particularly.
  • the output driving pulse width Tout for final fuel injection is corrected based on the detection of the power supply voltage V B at the time of starting the engine and at the first driving time to drive the solenoid 46 again after a halt of fuel injection, for example, due to a fuel cut, while being corrected based on the detected value Ir of the coil current detected in the last fuel injection in other cases, as in the third embodiment, it is possible to correct the fuel injection quantity Q accurately in the electromagnetic fuel injection system that pressurizes fuel to inject.
  • a fuel injection control method is a method for preventing the measured value Ir of the coil current from differing from an original value due to a shift of the measurement timing in measuring the coil current after a lapse of predetermined time since the start of driving of the solenoid 46 in the first to third embodiments as described above.
  • the electromagnetic fuel injection system with the configuration as illustrated in FIG.2 or 11 performs software processing, as shown in FIG.15, where a timer to count the detection time Tr of the coil current starts at an interrupt 92 for switching ON an output driving pulse 91, thereby the state becomes interrupt wait 93, a current detection A/D converter starts at a count up interrupt 94 of the timer, thereby the state becomes interrupt wait 95, and an A/D conversion value is read at an A/D conversion finish interrupt 96.
  • the timer and current detection A/D converter are integrally provided in the microcomputer 43.
  • a detected value 98 of the coil current differs from an original value, i.e. the measured value Ir of the coil current at the time the time Tr has elapsed since the start of driving by I s .
  • an original value i.e. the measured value Ir of the coil current at the time the time Tr has elapsed since the start of driving by I s .
  • the timer starts a few moments later after the output driving pulse 91 is switched ON.
  • the coil current is measured in procedures as described below.
  • FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing procedures in the fuel injection control method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • step S133 when the count up interrupt of the timer occurs, current detection timer processing is started.
  • the processing is started, the present time, i.e. time T 2 A/D conversion is scheduled to execute is measured (step S134), and an elapsed time T 2 -T 1 between time T 1 and time T 2 is obtained (step S135).
  • the elapsed time T 2 -T 1 is compared with a beforehand set time (step S136). As a result of comparison, when the elapsed time T 2 -T 1 is within the set time, the current detection A/D converter is started to start A/D conversion (step S137), and the current detection timer processing is finished.
  • the output driving pulse width of the solenoid is corrected as described in the first to third embodiments.
  • step S136 when the elapsed time (T 2 -T 1 ) exceeds the set time, the current detection A/D converter is not started, and all the processing is finished.
  • the output driving pulse width of the solenoid is corrected.
  • the same processing as described above is carried out in the case of control based on n measured values Ir of the coil current at a plurality of points after starting fuel injection.
  • the calculator which applies the correction value Pr of the pulse width to the required driving pulse Pw corresponding to the required fuel injection quantity Qc, is not limited to an adder, and may be a subtracter, multiplier, divider, a combination thereof, or device for performing other calculation.
  • the present invention is not limited to the electromagnetic fuel injection system described in the above-mentioned embodiments, and applicable to a fuel injection apparatus provided with a fuel supply pressure regulator having characteristics such that the relationship between the output driving pulse width of the solenoid and fuel injection quantity is relatively linear. This is because operation characteristics such as operation start time (inoperative time) for driving the solenoid vary with coil current value, temperature or the like in such a fuel injection apparatus.
  • the present invention is related to an electronic fuel injection control method and control apparatus to supply fuel to an engine, etc., and has industrial applicability.

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