CPS knock detection system

• US 8,538,666 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Buslepp, Kenneth J., Zavala Jurado, Jose C.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, HAI H
• Application Number:
  US13/158,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20120316761A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 123435-436, 123/406.17, 123/406.37, 123/406.39, 123/406.41, 701/103, 701/104, 701/106, 701/107, 701/110, 701/111, 73/351.2, 731/141.6, 731/141.7, 731/141.8
• US Class Current: 701/111
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/288 for performing a transformation into the frequency domain, e.g. Fourier transformation
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 35/023 by determining the cylinder pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 35/027 using knock sensors
• CPC Class Codes: F02P 5/152 dependent on pinking detecting or indicating knocks in internal-combustion engines G01L23/22
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 23/225 circuit arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 15/08 by monitoring pressure in cylinders
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

A control system includes a cylinder pressure sensor (CPS) that senses a cylinder pressure of an engine and generates a CPS signal based on the cylinder pressure. A CPS failure detection module selectively generates a failure signal based on characteristics of the CPS signal in a knock frequency range. A status detection module generates a CPS status signal based on the CPS signal and the failure signal.

Claims

1. A control system comprising:

a cylinder pressure sensor (CPS) that senses a cylinder pressure of an engine and generates a CPS signal based on the cylinder pressure;

a CPS failure detection module that selectively generates a failure signal based on characteristics of the CPS signal in a knock frequency range; and

a status detection module that generates a CPS status signal based on the CPS signal and the failure signal.

2. The control system of claim 1, further comprising:

a fast Fourier transform (FFT) module that generates an FFT based on the CPS signal, wherein the FFT includes a plurality of subsets corresponding to a plurality of frequency ranges.

3. The control system of claim 1, wherein the characteristics of the CPS signal in the knock frequency range include a metric of spectral power, and wherein the metric of spectral power is based on at least one engine parameter.

4. The control system of claim 3, wherein the CPS failure detection module selectively generates the failure signal further based on an upper spectral limit and a lower spectral limit, wherein the upper spectral limit and the lower spectral limit are based on the at least one engine parameter and a combustion frequency range of the CPS signal.

5. The control system of claim 4, wherein the at least one parameter includes engine speed, ambient temperature, engine load, and FFTs corresponding to the combustion frequency range.

6. The control system of claim 4, wherein the CPS failure detection module includes a failure determination module that determines the CPS status signal based on the upper spectral limit, the lower spectral limit, and the metric of spectral power.

7. The control system of claim 6, wherein the failure determination module determines the CPS status signal based on whether the metric of spectral power is within the upper spectral limit and the lower spectral limit.

8. The control system of claim 7, wherein a failure count is incremented when the CPS status signal indicates that the metric of spectral power is not within the upper spectral limit and the lower spectral limit.

9. The control system of claim 8, further comprising a knock control module that actuates one or more of a plurality of fuel injectors and a plurality of spark plugs based on the CPS signal and the failure count.

10. A method comprising:

using a cylinder pressure sensor (CPS), sensing a cylinder pressure of an engine and generating a CPS signal based on the cylinder pressure;

selectively generating a failure signal based on characteristics of the CPS signal in a knock frequency range; and

generating a CPS status signal based on the CPS signal and the failure signal.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating a fast Fourier transform (FFT) based on the CPS signal, wherein the FFT includes a plurality of subsets corresponding to a plurality of frequency ranges.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the characteristics of the CPS signal in the knock frequency range include a metric of spectral power, and wherein the metric of spectral power is based on at least one engine parameter.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising selectively generating the failure signal further based on an upper spectral limit and a lower spectral limit, wherein the upper spectral limit and the lower spectral limit are based on the at least one engine parameter and a combustion frequency range of the CPS signal.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one engine parameter includes engine speed, ambient temperature, engine load, and FFTs corresponding to the combustion frequency range.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining the CPS status signal based on the upper spectral limit, the lower spectral limit, and the metric of spectral power.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the CPS status signal based on whether the metric of spectral power is within the upper spectral limit and the lower spectral limit.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising incrementing a failure count when the CPS status signal indicates that the metric of spectral power is not within the upper spectral limit and the lower spectral limit.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising actuating one or more of a plurality of fuel injectors and a plurality of spark plugs based on the CPS signal and the failure count.