Method of detecting defeat devices

• US 10,352,265 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2017
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Noh, Tae-Gon
• Primary Examiner(s): Frejd, Russell
• Application Number:
  US15/832,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20180171922A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/228 Warning displays
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/0406 Intake manifold pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/0408 Estimation of intake manifold pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2400/11 After-sales modification devices designed to be used to modify an engine afterwards
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/0007 for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines control of the pumps per se F02B37/12
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/22 Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions in air/fuel ratio feedback systems F02D41/1495, in electric control linkage F02D11/107, in purge control systems F02M25/0809
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/222 relating to the failure of sensors or parameter detection devices
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/10157 Supercharged engines
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/1038 for temperature or pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/10386 for flow rate air flow meters in air cleaners F02M35/021; circuit arrangements for generating control signals by measuring intake air flow F02D41/18
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/104 Intake manifolds
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

A method of detecting a defeat device includes: determining turbo operation when a turbocharger of a vehicle is operated; determining flow rate of the air to be applied to an intake manifold wherein it is determined whether which flow rate out of a first flow rate of the air passing through a throttle valve and a second flow rate of the air measured by a hot-film air mass flow (HFM) sensor is used as the flow rate of the intake manifold; determining whether pressure in the intake manifold is in a normal range based on the flow rate of the intake manifold; and determining that the defeat device is installed if it is determined that the pressure in the intake manifold is not in the normal range and storing information of the defeat device.

Claims

1. A method of detecting a defeat device, the method comprising:

determining, by an engine management system (EMS), turbo operation when a turbocharger of a vehicle is operated;

determining, by the EMS, flow rate of air to be applied to an intake manifold, which includes determining which flow rate among a first flow rate of air passing through a throttle valve and a second flow rate of air measured by a hot-film air mass flow (HFM) sensor is used as the flow rate of the intake manifold;

determining, by the EMS, whether pressure in the intake manifold is in a normal range based on the flow rate of the intake manifold; and

determining, by the EMS, that the defeat device is installed when it is determined that the pressure in the intake manifold is not in the normal range, and storing information of the defeat device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, after the step of determining whether the pressure in the intake manifold is in the normal range:

increasing, by the EMS, a suspicion counter representing that the defeat device is estimated to be installed when it is determined that the pressure in the intake manifold is not in the normal range; and

confirming, by the EMS, that the defeat device is installed by determining whether a value obtained by cumulating the suspicion counters is greater than a threshold value on which confirmation of installation of the defeat device is based,

wherein when the value obtained by cumulating the suspicion counters is greater than the threshold value on which confirmation of installation of the defeat device is based, the step of storing information that the defeat device is installed is performed.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the first flow rate passing through the throttle valve is applied as the flow rate of the intake manifold in the step of determining the flow rate of the air to be applied to the intake manifold, it is determined whether a value obtained by dividing pressure measured by a manifold absolute pressure (MAP) sensor by the pressure in the intake manifold exceeds a first threshold value.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the second flow rate of the air measured by the HFM sensor is applied as the flow rate of the intake manifold in the step of determining the flow rate of the air to be applied to the intake manifold, it is determined whether a value obtained by dividing the second flow rate measured by the HFM sensor by the first flow rate of the throttle valve exceeds a second threshold value.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

warning, by a warning lamp, the installation of the defeat device for notifying a driver that the defeat device is installed after the step of storing information that the defeat device is installed is performed.

6. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

increasing a sample counter at every time the turbocharger is operated between the step of determining the turbo operation and the step of determining the flow rate of the air to be applied to the intake manifold,

wherein when the value obtained by cumulating the suspicion counters exceeds a predetermined value within a number of times that the sample counters are cumulated, it is confirmed that the defeat device is installed.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

comparing whether or not the value obtained by cumulating the sample counters is greater than a threshold value for resetting the sample counter and the suspicion counter when it is determined in the step of confirming that the defeat device is installed that the value obtained by cumulating the suspicion counters is not greater than the threshold value on which confirmation of installation of the defeat device is based; and

resetting the sample counter and the suspicion counter to zero when the value obtained by cumulating the sample counters exceeds the threshold value for resetting the sample counter and the suspicion counter.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether an engine is operated when it is determined in the step of determining turbo operation that the turbocharger is not operated or when it is determined in the step of determining whether pressure in the intake manifold is in the normal range that the pressure in the intake manifold is in the normal range,

wherein when the engine is operated, the procedure returns to the step of determining the turbo operation.

9. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether the engine is operated after the step of warning that the defeat device is installed is performed,

wherein when the engine is operated, the procedure returns to the step of determining the turbo operation.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether the engine is operated when it is determined in the step of comparing the cumulative sample counter that the value obtained by cumulating the sample counters is not greater than the threshold value for resetting the sample counter and the suspicion counter or after the step of resetting the sample counter and the suspicion counter is performed,

wherein when the engine is operated, the procedure returns to the step of determining the turbo operation.