Method for controlling idle stop-and-go system

• US 20050139182A1
• Filed: 12/22/2004
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: You, Sung Il
• Granted Patent: US 7,082,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 123/179.400
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/1411 using a finite or infinite state machine, automaton or state graph for controlling or modelling
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/228 Warning displays
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/04 the motors being associated with current generators
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0814 comprising means for controlling automatic idle-start-stop
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

The method for controlling an idle stop-and-go system is based on one or more engine control modes, including a starting mode wherein an engine control unit (ECU) starts an engine by an engine stop release signal received from a starter/generator control unit (SCU), a normal mode for normally operating the engine, and an after-run mode wherein the ECU stops the engine based on an engine stop signal received from the SCU. Initially, it is determined whether a present engine control mode is the normal mode. Thereafter, it is determined whether an engine stop signal is received from the SCU. The engine control mode is then changed to the after-run mode whem the present engine control mode is the normal mode and an engine stop signal is received from the SCU. Finally, the engine warning lamp is blocked from illuminating.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an idle stop-and-go system based on one or more engine control modes including a starting mode wherein an engine control unit (ECU) starts an engine based on an engine stop release signal received from a starter/generator control unit (SCU), a normal mode for normally operating the engine, and an after-run mode wherein the ECU stops the engine based on an engine stop signal received from the SCU, the method comprising:

determining whether a present engine control mode is the normal mode;

determining whether an engine stop signal is received from the SCU;

changing the engine control mode to the after-run mode in the case that the present engine control mode is the normal mode and an engine stop signal is received from the SCU; and

blocking illumination of an engine warning lamp.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether an engine stop releasing signal is received in the after-run mode;

changing the engine control mode to the starting mode in the case that the engine stop releasing signal is received;

determining whether an engine speed is above a predetermined speed;

determining whether an elapsed time after the engine speed became above the predetermined speed is above a predetermined time in the case that the engine speed is above the predetermined speed; and

releasing the blocking of the illumination of the engine warning lamp in the case that the elapsed time is above the predetermined time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined speed is less than a critical speed for changing the engine control mode from the starting mode to the normal mode.