A controller and control method for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, such as in a hybrid electric vehicle comprising an electric motor, the controller comprising:an evaluation unit;a memory connected to the evaluation unit and configured to store information relating to a plurality of angular positions of the crankshaft; anda position sensor connected to the evaluation unit and configured to monitor an angular stop position, from among the plurality of angular positions, of the crankshaft,wherein, when a first condition is satisfied, the evaluation unit is configured to:determine the angular position of the crankshaft using data from the position sensor; andrecord the angular stop position of the crankshaft in the memory, andwhen a second condition is satisfied, the evaluation unit is configured to:determine the time duration during which the crankshaft remained in the recorded angular stop position; andrecord the determined time duration in conjunction with the recorded angular stop position in the memory,wherein the first condition comprises an instruction to stop the internal combustion engine being received by the controller, and the second condition comprises an instruction to start the internal combustion engine being received by the controller.
CRANKSHAFT CONTROLLER
KURBELWELLENSTEUERGERÄT
ORGANE DE COMMANDE DE VILEBREQUIN
2020-07-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion |
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