EP1502019A1 - Method and device for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle - Google Patents
Method and device for controlling the drive unit of a vehicleInfo
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- EP1502019A1 EP1502019A1 EP02787382A EP02787382A EP1502019A1 EP 1502019 A1 EP1502019 A1 EP 1502019A1 EP 02787382 A EP02787382 A EP 02787382A EP 02787382 A EP02787382 A EP 02787382A EP 1502019 A1 EP1502019 A1 EP 1502019A1
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- Prior art keywords
- control variable
- level
- drive unit
- controlling
- actuator
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
- F02D41/24—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents characterised by the use of digital means
- F02D41/26—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents characterised by the use of digital means using computer, e.g. microprocessor
- F02D41/266—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents characterised by the use of digital means using computer, e.g. microprocessor the computer being backed-up or assisted by another circuit, e.g. analogue
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- the invention is based on a method and an apparatus for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle according to the type of the independent claims.
- a method and a device for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle are already known from EP 0 788 581 B1.
- a computing element is provided which carries out both the control of the power of the drive unit and the monitoring of this power control. Furthermore, the computing element has at least two program levels, which do not influence one another at least outside the fault, at least one control variable for controlling the power of the drive unit being formed in at least one operating state of the vehicle in a first level, with selected variables in a second level the correct formation of the at least one control variable is checked in the first level.
- the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention for controlling the drive unit with the features of the independent claims have the advantage that the at least one first control variable for controlling the at least one actuator is influenced by the second level if the at least one selected variable has a predetermined value assumes or lies in a predetermined range.
- the at least one selected variable has a predetermined value assumes or lies in a predetermined range.
- the at least one first control variable when the at least one first control variable is influenced by the second level, the at least one first control variable is suppressed.
- the activation of the at least one actuator by the at least one first control variable on the part of the second level when detecting conditions based on the at least one selected variable in the two- th level, which lead to incorrect activation of the at least one actuator, the activation of the at least one actuator by the at least one first control variable on the part of the second level, and thus the occurrence of an error can be prevented.
- a further advantage results if the at least one first control variable influenced by the second level is reported back to the first level. In this way, it can be determined in the first level whether the at least one first control variable formed was passed on to an output stage for controlling the at least one actuator essentially unchanged or was influenced on the basis of the second level. In the second case, an error can be recognized in the first level and, as a consequence, at least one second control variable can be formed for at least partially switching off the power of the drive unit.
- the opening of an intake and / or an exhaust valve of at least one cylinder of the drive unit is controlled by the at least one first control variable.
- Incorrect activation of the intake and / or exhaust valve can lead to a collision of the intake and / or exhaust valve with the piston of a cylinder.
- An error in the control can immediately lead to a safety-critical effect or damage in the cylinder, which can be prevented by the method according to the invention.
- the at least one selected variable is derived from a crank angle of at least one cylinder of the drive unit.
- the at least one first control variable controls the opening of the intake and / or exhaust valve
- FIG. 1 shows a block diagram with a device according to the invention, which at the same time illustrates the sequence of the method according to the invention
- Figure 2 is a block diagram of part of the device according to the invention for a more detailed representation of the sequence of the method according to the invention.
- 1 denotes a drive unit of a vehicle, for example an internal combustion engine.
- the internal combustion engine 1 comprises one or more cylinders, each with an inlet valve for fresh gas supply and an outlet valve for exhaust gas discharge.
- a piston moves in the respective cylinder, which drives a crankshaft.
- the current crankshaft angle or crank angle is detected by sensor means 55.
- the sensor means 55 output a value for the detected current crank angle to a device 20 for controlling the internal combustion engine 1, which is also referred to below as a control unit.
- the control unit 20 comprises a first level 5 and a second level 15. In the first level 5 there are means 25 for Formation of at least one first control variable for controlling at least one actuator 10 of the internal combustion engine 1 is provided.
- means 30 are provided for checking the correct formation of the at least one first control variable in the first level 5.
- the value for the current crank angle is supplied to both the means 25 and the means 30.
- the means 25, which are also referred to below as a functional unit, can be supplied with further variables, such as, for example, the position of an accelerator pedal, the speed specification of a vehicle speed controller, etc.
- the functional unit 25 can derive at least one second control variable for controlling the output of the internal combustion engine 1 ,
- the at least one second control variable can control the fuel injection, the ignition and / or the air supply for at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine 1 via an output stage and an actuator.
- the input signals of the functional unit 25 can also be fed to the means 30, which are also referred to below as the monitoring unit, in order to enable the functional capability of the functional unit 25 to be monitored.
- the operating unit 25 can also be supplied with operating variables of the internal combustion engine 1 and / or the vehicle, which are recorded by measuring devices not shown in FIG. 1. These operating variables are also fed to the monitoring unit 30 for monitoring the functional unit 25. These operating variables can include, for example, the engine temperature, the ambient air pressure, the position of an electrically actuable throttle valve, etc.
- the monitoring unit 30 can communicate with the functional unit 25 and, if necessary, reset it in order to control the activation of the internal combustion engine in the event of a fault.
- the at least one first control variable formed by the functional unit 25 is applied to a first input gang 70 of an AND gate 60 performed.
- the monitoring unit 30 forms an influencing signal of the at least one first control variable.
- the influencing signal is applied to a second input 75 of the AND gate 60. It can have the value zero or one. In the event that the influencing signal assumes the value zero, the signal output by the AND gate 60 is also zero. In the event that the influencing signal assumes the value one, the output signal of the AND gate corresponds to the at least one first control variable.
- the output of the AND gate 60 is fed back to the functional unit 25 for evaluation purposes.
- an output stage 65 which, depending on the at least one first control variable, controls an actuator 10 for setting the degree of opening of the intake and / or exhaust valve of a corresponding cylinder of the internal combustion engine 1.
- the actuator 10 is caused via the output stage 65 to close the intake and exhaust valve of the corresponding cylinder in order to prevent a collision with the piston of the cylinder.
- the monitoring unit 30 is shown / shown in detail in FIG. 2, the same reference numerals identifying the same elements as in FIG. 1.
- the value for the current crank angle output by the sensor means 55 is received by the receiving means 50 of the monitoring unit 30 and output to comparison means 40 .
- the monitoring unit 30 comprises specification means 45 for specifying a crank angle value or a crank angle range.
- the specification means 45 can be designed as a memory and are also connected to the comparison means 40.
- the comparison means 40 compare the received current crank angle with the predetermined value or range for the crank angle.
- the comparison result is transmitted from the comparison means 40 to influencing means 35 of the issued monitoring unit 30, which form the described influencing signal and deliver to the input 75 of the AND gate 60.
- the influencing means 35 emit the value zero as an influencing signal to the second input 75 of the AND gate 60. Otherwise, the influencing means 35 output the value one as the influencing signal to the second input 75 of the AND gate 60.
- the predefined crank angle value or the predefined crank angle range, which is stored in the predefined means 45, can advantageously be selected such that the piston of the corresponding cylinder can collide with an open intake and / or exhaust valve at this crank angle or in this crank angle range.
- the comparison means 40 receive a value for a current crank angle from the sensor means 55 via the receiving means 50, which corresponds to the predetermined value or lies in the predetermined range, then the at least one first control variable is determined by means of the influence signal set to zero via the AND Gate 60 is hidden and thus prevents opening of the intake and exhaust valves and thus a collision with the piston of the corresponding cylinder. Otherwise, the control of the actuator 10 with the at least one first control variable formed by the functional unit 25 is not influenced by the monitoring unit 30 by the influencing signal, so that the actuator 10 can be controlled via the at least one first control variable.
- the functional unit 25 can check whether the at least one first control variable which it emits has been influenced by the monitoring unit 30. Is this if this is the case, the functional unit 25 recognizes an error that is based either on a faulty function of the monitoring unit 30, a faulty function of the AND gate 60 or a faulty function of the function unit 25. It can then be provided that the functional unit 25 forms at least one second control variable for controlling the power of the internal combustion engine 1 in such a way that the at least one second control variable brings about an at least partial shutdown of the power of the internal combustion engine 1.
- the at least one second control variable controls the fuel injection, the ignition or the air supply for at least one cylinder of the drive unit 1
- the fuel injection for one cylinder or several cylinders of the internal combustion engine 1 can be interrupted in the event of a fault, the ignition for one or more cylinders of the internal combustion engine 1 ' and / or the air supply to one or more of the cylinders is interrupted.
- the functional unit 25 does not detect an error, i.e. If a match between the output signal of the AND gate 60 and the output at least one first control variable is established, no such error measure is initiated and the at least one second control variable is not changed to at least partially switch off the power of the internal combustion engine 1.
- the functional unit 25 uses the at least one second control variable to hide exactly those or those cylinders of the internal combustion engine 1 in the manner described in which the respective at least one first control variable provided for them is influenced by the monitoring unit 30 takes place. In this way, the cylinder or cylinders affected by the respective fault can be hidden.
- the functional unit 25 functions correctly with regard to the actuation of the actuator 10 if it forms the at least one first control variable only for those crank angles currently received by the sensor means 55 which do not correspond to the predefined crank angle value or are not in the predefined crank angle range.
- the functional unit 25 can comprise components corresponding to the components of the monitoring unit 30 shown in FIG. 2, wherein instead of the influencing means 35, means are to be provided for forming the at least one first control variable, which depends on
- the means for forming the at least one first control variable are of course also supplied with further operating parameters of the internal combustion engine 1 and / or the vehicle, which are only indicated in FIG. 1, but are also important for the formation of the at least one first control variable.
- the monitoring unit 30 can also monitor the functional unit 25 in the manner described in EP 0 788 581 B1 in a system with an electrically actuable throttle valve, wherein this electrically actuatable throttle valve can also be controlled by the functional unit 25.
- the functional unit 25 and the monitoring unit 30 can be implemented by means of different computing units or processors.
- the functional unit 25 and the monitoring unit 30 can also be implemented in the same computing unit or in the same processor. It can also be provided that at least some of the functions of the monitoring unit 30 are in the computing unit of the function Unit 25 is realized and the remaining part in its own processor or in its own computing unit.
- the method and the device according to the invention can prevent the occurrence of potential errors in the formation of the at least one first control variable by the influencing signal, so that there is no need to first react to the occurrence of an error and to wait for the reaction time required for this. If there is a situation in which an error can occur, in the example described a predefined value or a predefined range for the crank angle, the monitoring unit 30 can block the control of the corresponding actuator 10 as described. This prevents inadmissible activation of the actuator 10 via the output stage 65 due to a possibly faulty operation of the functional unit 25.
- the monitoring unit 30 can check the functionality of the functional unit 25 by means of mutual communication with the functional unit 25. This can be done as described in EP 0 788 581 B1. If an error is found via the communication path between the monitoring unit 30 and the functional unit 25, the actuation of the actuator 10 via the output stage 65 can be blocked independently of the values for the crank angle provided by the sensor means 55, as is also the case with EP 0788 581 Bl emerges. • With regard to the described method according to the invention, the monitoring unit 30 ultimately specifies the times at which the functional unit 25 may actuate the actuator 10 via the output stage 65. The computing power required for this is comparatively low in the event that the monitoring unit 30 also, as described above, monitors the power control of the internal combustion engine 1 by the functional unit 25.
- a check of the correct formation of the at least one first control variable by the functional unit 25 is therefore carried out by the monitoring unit 30 based on the received value for the current crank angle in that the actuation of the actuator 10 via the output stage 65 by means of the at least one first control variable for the case is interrupted in which the value for the current crank angle corresponds to the specified value or lies in the specified range.
- the invention was described by way of example for the control of an actuator for controlling the opening of an intake and an exhaust valve of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine 1. Accordingly, the control can be implemented for every further cylinder or any actuator of the internal combustion engine 1.
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- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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- Output Control And Ontrol Of Special Type Engine (AREA)
- Combined Controls Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
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