Engine control system
First Claim
1. An engine control system comprised of:
- motor drive control means that is power fed via a power supply switch from a vehicle-mounted battery and controls an open/close driving motor of a throttle valve for an intake of the engine in response to an output from an accelerator position sensor for detecting a degree of a depression of an accelerator pedal and an output from a throttle position sensor for detecting a throttle valve opening;
fuel injection control means for the engine; and
engine speed or vehicle speed detecting means; and
includes a microprocessor (CPU);
said engine control system comprising multi-stage abnormality detecting means, multi-stage evacuation operation means, and evacuation operation mode selection means;
wherein said abnormality detecting means is multi-stage abnormality detecting means that regularly monitors operations of sensor system, control system and actuator system relating to a throttle valve control, and identifies and detects slight abnormality and serious abnormality depending on whether or not at least control of said actuator is possible;
said evacuation operation means is multi-stage evacuation operation means that responds to any abnormality result detected by said multi-stage abnormality detecting means, and comprises at least slight abnormality evacuation operation means and serious abnormality evacuation operation means; and
said evacuation operation mode selection means is means for selecting one of said multi-stage evacuation operation means so that shift from a normal operation when said slight abnormality or serious abnormality is not generated, to a side of getting worse in abnormality degree toward the slight abnormality evacuation operation or the serious abnormality evacuation operation may be possible, while shift to a return side in the abnormality degree may be impossible without interrupting said power supply switch.
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Abstract
Evacuation operation performance is improved when any abnormality occurs in an electronic throttle control system.
When any serious abnormality occurs, a first abnormality storage element (133) operates, a load relay for a power supply circuit (104a) of a throttle valve open/close controlling motor (103) is de-energized to operate a first alarm and display (109a). Thus a first device carries out the evacuation operation by a fuel cut control.
When any slight abnormality occurs, a second abnormality storing element (136) comes to actuate thereby a second alarm and display (109b) being operated. Thus a second device carries out the evacuation operation using together a throttle valve opening control by the motor 103 and the fuel cut control.
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18 Claims
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1. An engine control system comprised of:
- motor drive control means that is power fed via a power supply switch from a vehicle-mounted battery and controls an open/close driving motor of a throttle valve for an intake of the engine in response to an output from an accelerator position sensor for detecting a degree of a depression of an accelerator pedal and an output from a throttle position sensor for detecting a throttle valve opening;
fuel injection control means for the engine; and
engine speed or vehicle speed detecting means; and
includes a microprocessor (CPU);
said engine control system comprising multi-stage abnormality detecting means, multi-stage evacuation operation means, and evacuation operation mode selection means;
wherein said abnormality detecting means is multi-stage abnormality detecting means that regularly monitors operations of sensor system, control system and actuator system relating to a throttle valve control, and identifies and detects slight abnormality and serious abnormality depending on whether or not at least control of said actuator is possible;
said evacuation operation means is multi-stage evacuation operation means that responds to any abnormality result detected by said multi-stage abnormality detecting means, and comprises at least slight abnormality evacuation operation means and serious abnormality evacuation operation means; and
said evacuation operation mode selection means is means for selecting one of said multi-stage evacuation operation means so that shift from a normal operation when said slight abnormality or serious abnormality is not generated, to a side of getting worse in abnormality degree toward the slight abnormality evacuation operation or the serious abnormality evacuation operation may be possible, while shift to a return side in the abnormality degree may be impossible without interrupting said power supply switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- motor drive control means that is power fed via a power supply switch from a vehicle-mounted battery and controls an open/close driving motor of a throttle valve for an intake of the engine in response to an output from an accelerator position sensor for detecting a degree of a depression of an accelerator pedal and an output from a throttle position sensor for detecting a throttle valve opening;
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