Engine misfire, knock of roughness detection method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for detecting torque variation in a power transmitting member which experiences torque variation, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a first set of signals related to torsional stress in the power transmitting member during a first time period;
determining a first at least one value from said first set of signals;
obtaining a second signal related to torsional stress in the power transmitting member during a second time period wherein said second time period may comprise a portion of the first time period;
computing a second at least one value, at least in part from the second signal;
wherein said values are computed without directly computing the torque;
comparing the second at least one value to the first at least one value wherein said step of comparing may comprise, at least in part, the step of calculating a ratio of the second at least one value and the first at least one value; and
thereby detecting torque variation in the power transmitting member.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for comparing torsional stress/strain states of a power transmitting member of an internal combustion engine to detect an abnormal combustion condition, including misfire, knock or roughness. Statistical processing steps may be used to detect an abnormal combustion event including: calculating a mean and standard deviation for a set of signals related to the torsional stress induced in the power transmitting member, calculating a difference between a later signal and the mean, calculating a ratio of the difference to the standard deviation, and comparing the ratio to a threshold. The ratio so obtained from a given cylinder may further be compared with one or more other such ratios from other cylinders. A magnetostrictive sensor may preferably be used to obtain the signals relating to the torsional stress in the power transmitting member, such as the engine crankshaft. In addition, the magnetostrictive sensor may include windings to cancel induced electromagnetic interference signals.
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57 Claims
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1. A method for detecting torque variation in a power transmitting member which experiences torque variation, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a first set of signals related to torsional stress in the power transmitting member during a first time period; determining a first at least one value from said first set of signals; obtaining a second signal related to torsional stress in the power transmitting member during a second time period wherein said second time period may comprise a portion of the first time period; computing a second at least one value, at least in part from the second signal; wherein said values are computed without directly computing the torque; comparing the second at least one value to the first at least one value wherein said step of comparing may comprise, at least in part, the step of calculating a ratio of the second at least one value and the first at least one value; and thereby detecting torque variation in the power transmitting member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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43. A method for detecting an abnormal combustion event, such as misfire, knock or roughness, in an internal combustion engine which produces a series of combustion events and which transmits power through a power transmitting member, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a first set of signals related to the torsional stress in the member produced by a first series of combustion events; obtaining a second signal related to the torsional stress in the member produced by a second combustion event; calculating an expected value of the second signal from the first set of signals; calculating a difference between the expected value of the second signal and the second signal; calculating an expected value of a moving standard deviation; dividing the difference between the expected value of the second signal and the second signal by the expected value of the moving standard deviation to obtain a ratio; and comparing the ratio to a threshold to detect an abnormal combustion event. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46)
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47. A method for detecting torque variation in a power transmitting member which experiences torque variation, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a first set of signals related to the torsional stress in the power transmitting member during a first time period; obtaining a second signal related to the torsional stress in the power transmitting member during a second time period; calculating an expected value of the second signal from the first set of signals; calculating a difference between the expected value of the second signal and the second signal; calculating an expected value of a moving standard deviation; dividing the difference between the expected value of the second signal and the second signal by the expected value of the moving standard deviation to obtain a ratio; and comparing the ratio to a threshold to detect torque variation in the power transmitting member. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for detecting an abnormal combustion event, such as misfire, knock or roughness, in an internal combustion engine which produces a series of combustion events and which transmits power through a power transmitting member said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a first set of signals related to torsional stress in the power transmitting member produced by a first series of combustion events during a first time period; calculating an expected value for a third signal selected from the first set of signals, the third signal occurring prior to a second signal where in said second signal is related to torsional stress in the power transmitting member during a second time period; weighting each of the third signal and the expected value of the third signal with respective weighting coefficients; and summing the weighted third signal and the weighted expected value of the third signal to produce an expected value of the second signal; obtaining the second signal; and calculating a ratio of the second signal and the expected value of the second signal to determine abnormal combustion. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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