Method for the recognition of oil top-up quantities
First Claim
1. A method for recognizing oil top-up quantities in an engine, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) recording a multiplicity of oil levels under specific operating conditions over time;
b) calculating an oil-mass average value Xz of the oil top-up quantity over z instantaneous measurements xmom in each case;
c) calculating a compensating function, describing a variation in an oil mass xh over time, using a specific number of hourly oil masses xh;
d) calculating a difference value DFA from an end point xlang of said compensating function and from a penultimate oil-mass average value according to a function (DFA=xlang-XzN-1), with XzN-1 being an oil mass penultimately obtained by rolling averaging from z instantaneous oil masses xmom;
e) activating a discrimination function for checking whether said difference value DFA is greater than a first oil-mass limit value M1; and
if so, a first case is recognized and a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the first case is started; and
if not, a further discrimination function is activated, for checking whether the difference value DFA is greater than a second oil-mass limit value M2 and for checking if there is a specific communication signal between the vehicle and driver such that if a result of the check is that the difference value DFA is greater than the second oil-mass limit value M2 and there is a specific communication signal between the vehicle and driver, a second case is recognized and the processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the second case is started, and if the result is negative, a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in a normal case is activated.
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Abstract
A method for recognizing oil top-up quantities is provided. The method records a multiplicity of oil levels under specific operating conditions over time; calculates an oil-mass average value Xz of the oil top-up quantity over z instantaneous measurements xmom in each case; calculates a compensating function describing the variation in an oil mass xh over time using a specific number of hourly oil masses xh; calculates a difference DFA from an end point xlang of the compensating function and from the penultimate oil-mass average value according to a function activates a discrimination function for checking whether the difference DFA is greater than a first oil-mass limit value M1; and if so, a special case is recognized and a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the special case is started; and if not, a further discrimination function is started, for checking whether the difference DFA is greater than a second oil-mass limit value M2 and there is a specific communication signal between the vehicle and driver. If the result of the check is that the difference DFA is greater than the second oil-mass limit value M2, a special case is recognized and the processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the special case is started. If the interrogation result is negative, a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the normal case is activated.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for recognizing oil top-up quantities in an engine, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) recording a multiplicity of oil levels under specific operating conditions over time; b) calculating an oil-mass average value Xz of the oil top-up quantity over z instantaneous measurements xmom in each case; c) calculating a compensating function, describing a variation in an oil mass xh over time, using a specific number of hourly oil masses xh; d) calculating a difference value DFA from an end point xlang of said compensating function and from a penultimate oil-mass average value according to a function (DFA=xlang-XzN-1), with XzN-1 being an oil mass penultimately obtained by rolling averaging from z instantaneous oil masses xmom; e) activating a discrimination function for checking whether said difference value DFA is greater than a first oil-mass limit value M1; and
if so, a first case is recognized and a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the first case is started; and
if not, a further discrimination function is activated, for checking whether the difference value DFA is greater than a second oil-mass limit value M2 and for checking if there is a specific communication signal between the vehicle and driver such that if a result of the check is that the difference value DFA is greater than the second oil-mass limit value M2 and there is a specific communication signal between the vehicle and driver, a second case is recognized and the processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the second case is started, and if the result is negative, a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in a normal case is activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer product, comprising:
a computer readable medium having stored thereon a program for recognizing oil top-up quantities in an engine, said program including code segments that; a) record a multiplicity of oil levels under specific operating conditions over time; b) calculate an oil-mass average value Xz of the oil top-up quantity over z instantaneous measurements xmom in each case; c) calculate a compensating function, describing a variation in an oil mass xh over time, using a specific number of hourly oil masses xh; d) calculate a difference value DFA from an end point xlang of said compensating function and from a penultimate oil-mass average value according to a function (DFA=xlang-XzN-1), with XzN-1 being an oil mass pen ultimately obtained by rolling averaging from z instantaneous oil masses xmom; e) activate a discrimination function for checking whether said difference value DFA is greater than a first oil-mass limit value M1; and
if so, a first case is recognized and a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the first case is started; and
if not, a further discrimination function is activated, for checking whether the difference value DFA is greater than a second oil-mass limit value M2 and for checking if there is a specific communication signal between the vehicle and driver such that if a result of the check is that the difference value DFA is greater than the second oil-mass limit value M2 and there is a specific communication signal between the vehicle and driver, a second case is recognized and the processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in the second case is started, and if the result is negative, a processing function for calculating the oil top-up quantity in a normal case is activated.- View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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