Method of Inhibiting the Automatic Stop Control System of the Heat Engine of a Vehicle in the Absence of a Driver
First Claim
1. Method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine with which a vehicle is equipped, of the type according to which it is necessary that the vehicle be in the engine stop request phase and not in the predefined operating conditions opposed to a stopping of said engine for the stopping of the engine to be controlled, or it is necessary that the vehicle be in engine start request phase and not in the predefined operating conditions opposed to the starting of said engine for the starting of the engine to be controlled, wherein said operating conditions of the engine opposed to the stopping of the engine comprise the absence of the driver from the vehicle, and in that, among the engine operating conditions defining a start request phase is the detection of the absence of the driver from the vehicle.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine (2) of a vehicle. The invention is of the type in which (i) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine stop request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that oppose the stopping of the engine (2), in order for the engine (2) to be stopped or (ii) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine start request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that oppose the starting of the engine (2), in order for the engine to be started. The invention is characterised in that, for a given engine stop request phase, the engine (2) can only be stopped or started at most a pre-determined number of times.
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- 1. Method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine with which a vehicle is equipped, of the type according to which it is necessary that the vehicle be in the engine stop request phase and not in the predefined operating conditions opposed to a stopping of said engine for the stopping of the engine to be controlled, or it is necessary that the vehicle be in engine start request phase and not in the predefined operating conditions opposed to the starting of said engine for the starting of the engine to be controlled, wherein said operating conditions of the engine opposed to the stopping of the engine comprise the absence of the driver from the vehicle, and in that, among the engine operating conditions defining a start request phase is the detection of the absence of the driver from the vehicle.
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