Virtual cylinder pressure sensor with individual estimators for pressure-related values
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1. A virtual cylinder pressure sensor for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- at least one estimator module, operable to receive engine operating data and to output estimated cylinder pressure data;
wherein the estimator module is operable to provide model data representing the relationship between measurement data extracted from a physical pressure sensor and data representing at least one engine operating condition associated with the measurement data, and to use to the model data to provide the estimated cylinder pressure data in response to engine operating condition data.
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Abstract
A virtual cylinder pressure sensor for use with an internal combustion engine. The sensor has one or more independent modules, each used to estimate a different cylinder pressure variable. Each module is trained using measurement data from a physical cylinder pressure sensor and a real engine. After the modules are trained, they can be embedded into the engine control unit of the same engine type, and used to estimate and predict the values for which they were trained.
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1. A virtual cylinder pressure sensor for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
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at least one estimator module, operable to receive engine operating data and to output estimated cylinder pressure data;
wherein the estimator module is operable to provide model data representing the relationship between measurement data extracted from a physical pressure sensor and data representing at least one engine operating condition associated with the measurement data, and to use to the model data to provide the estimated cylinder pressure data in response to engine operating condition data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing cylinder pressure data to an engine control system of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
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training at least one estimator module, using measurement data extracted from a physical pressure sensor and data representing at least one engine operating condition associated with the measurement data to establish a model of the relationship between the measurement data and engine operating condition data;
embedding the module into engine control programming; and
during operation of the engine, using the module to receive engine operating data, to access the model data, and to output the cylinder pressure data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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