Abstract: A fuel injection characteristic detection apparatus is applied to a fuel feed system. The fuel feed system is configured to inject fuel into one of a cylinder, an intake passage, and an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine by using a fuel injection valve. The fuel injection characteristic detection apparatus includes fuel pressure obtaining unit for successively obtaining pressure of fuel supplied to the fuel injection valve. The fuel injection characteristic detection apparatus further includes pulsation pattern storing unit for associating a pulsation pattern of fuel pressure, which accompanies an injection operation of the fuel injection valve, with at least a fuel injection mode and a fuel pressure level at a present time point and for storing the associated pulsation pattern in a storage medium.

Abstract: An intake air quantity correcting device calculates an intake air quantity as a sensing target of an airflow meter (an intake air quantity sensor) based on an injection quantity sensing value sensed with a fuel pressure sensor (an injection quantity sensor) and an oxygen concentration sensing value sensed with an A/F sensor (an oxygen concentration sensor). The intake air quantity correcting device regards a difference between the intake air quantity calculation value calculated in this way and an intake air quantity sensing value sensed with the airflow meter as a sensing error of the airflow meter and corrects the intake air quantity sensing value of the airflow meter based on the sensing error.

Abstract: A fuel injection device includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel, which is distributed from a pressure-accumulation vessel. A pressure sensor is located in a fuel passage, which extends from the pressure-accumulation vessel to a nozzle hole, and configured to detect pressure of the fuel. The pressure sensor is located closer to the nozzle hole than the pressure-accumulation vessel. A storage unit stores individual difference information, which indicates an injection characteristic of the fuel injection valve, the injection characteristic being obtained by an examination. The individual difference information is related to a fluctuation pattern of a portion of the fluctuation in detected pressure waveform of the pressure sensor. The fluctuation is attributed to one fuel injection through the nozzle hole. The portion of the fluctuation is subsequent to an end of the fuel injection.

Abstract: A fuel injection control device (ECU) for controlling injection supply of fuel to a target engine has a program for sequentially sensing fuel pressure fluctuating with injection of a predetermined injector a program for detecting an injection centroid of a diagram as a profile of a transition of an injection rate of the injector at a present time based on a transition of the sequentially sensed fuel pressure, and a program for varying an injection command (injection timing) of the injector based on the detected injection centroid and an injection centroid of a predetermined basic diagram such that a relative positional relationship between the injection centroids of the diagram as the actual profile of the injection rate transition and the basic diagram becomes a relationship, in which timings of the injection centroids are close to each other.

Abstract: A cylinder characteristic variation sensing device has a small injection controlling section that performs small injections sequentially in respective cylinders, a torque increase amount sensing section that senses an increase amount of output torque caused in connection with the small injection for each cylinder, an injection quantity sensing section that senses an actual injection quantity of the small injection for each cylinder, and a cylinder characteristic variation calculating section that calculates a variation in a cylinder characteristic among the cylinders (i.e., a cylinder characteristic variation) based on a variation in the sensing value of the injection quantity sensing section among the cylinders (i.e., an injection quantity variation) and a variation in the sensing value of the torque increase amount sensing section among the cylinders (i.e., a torque increase amount variation).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of storing more data to a remaining region of a storage portion excluding a frame buffer region while displaying an image by an image display portion, is provided. When free space of a system storage portion has become below a predetermined value, a reduction in number of gray scales of the image results in a reduction in a data amount of image data stored in a display data storage region and a reduction in capacity of the display data storage region. This makes it possible to reduce the data amount of image data and increase the free space of the system storage portion while keeping the size of the image displayed by an image display portion.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation distribution variation sensing device has a torque sensing section that senses instantaneous torque caused with combustion of fuel injected from an injector for each cylinder, an injection quantity sensing section that senses an actual injection quantity of the injected fuel for each cylinder and an exhaust gas recirculation distribution variation calculating section that calculates an exhaust gas recirculation distribution variation as a distribution variation of recirculated exhaust gas to respective cylinders based on a variation in the torque sensing value of the torque sensing section among the cylinders (i.e., a torque variation) and a variation in the injection quantity sensing value of the injection quantity sensing section among the cylinders (i.e., an injection quantity variation).

Abstract: An internal combustion engine control device has a cylinder pressure sensor for sensing pressure in a combustion chamber and a fuel pressure sensor for sensing fuel pressure fluctuating in connection with fuel injection from an injector. The control device calculates a combustion characteristic of a cylinder (for example, an ignition delay or a combustion rate) based on both of a cylinder pressure sensing value and a fuel pressure sensing value. The control device corrects an EGR quantity, supercharging pressure, and injection start timing in accordance with the calculated combustion characteristic. Thus, the control device performs cooperative control of the injection start timing (an injection mode), the supercharging pressure and the EGR quantity (intake air conditions) in accordance with the combustion characteristic of the cylinder.

Abstract: A cylinder characteristic variation sensing device has a small injection controlling section that performs small injections sequentially in respective cylinders, a torque increase amount sensing section that senses an increase amount of output torque caused in connection with the small injection for each cylinder, an injection quantity sensing section that senses an actual injection quantity of the small injection for each cylinder, and a cylinder characteristic variation calculating section that calculates a variation in a cylinder characteristic among the cylinders (i.e., a cylinder characteristic variation) based on a variation in the sensing value of the injection quantity sensing section among the cylinders (i.e., an injection quantity variation) and a variation in the sensing value of the torque increase amount sensing section among the cylinders (i.e. a torque increase amount variation).

Abstract: An intake air quantity correcting device calculates an intake air quantity as a sensing target of an airflow meter (an intake air quantity sensor) based on an injection quantity sensing value sensed with a fuel pressure sensor (an injection quantity sensor) and an oxygen concentration sensing value sensed with an A/F sensor (an oxygen concentration sensor). The intake air quantity correcting device regards a difference between the intake air quantity calculation value calculated in this way and an intake air quantity sensing value sensed with the airflow meter as a sensing error of the airflow meter and corrects the intake air quantity sensing value of the airflow meter based on the sensing error.

Abstract: A variation waveform of fuel pressure is obtained by use of a fuel pressure sensor which detects pressure of fuel supplied to an injector. A quantity of fuel supplied to the injector is estimated based on a waveform of the detected pressure that is greater than a reference value due to a fuel pumping, in the obtained variation waveform. Especially, in a case that the fuel pressure sensor is provided to each of a plurality of injectors, it is desirable to obtain the variation waveform based on the output of the fuel pressure sensor provided to a cylinder in which no fuel injection is currently performed.

Abstract: A pressure sensor is located in a fuel passage, which extends from a pressure-accumulation vessel to a nozzle hole of a fuel injection valve. The pressure sensor is located closer to a nozzle hole than the pressure-accumulation vessel for detecting pressure fluctuated by injection of fuel through the nozzle hole. An instruction signal output unit outputs an injection instruction signal so as to instruct an injection mode of fuel to the fuel injection valve. A defective injection determination unit determines whether a detected pressure of the fuel pressure sensor is fluctuated in a fluctuation mode in a range assumed from the injection instruction signal. The defective injection determination unit determines that a defective injection occurs when determining that the detected pressure is out of the fluctuation mode in the assumed range.

Abstract: A common-rail fuel injection system is equipped with a common-rail, a fuel pump 11, and an injector. The fuel pump has a plurality of fuel pumping systems. A pressure sensor is provided at a fuel inlet of the injector. When the fuel pump supplies fuel to each of the fuel pumping systems, an ECU detects a variation in fuel pressure in a fuel passage between the fuel pump and the injector. Based on the detected fuel pressure variation, the ECU computes a pumping characteristic with respect to each of the fuel pumping systems.

Abstract: A fuel pressure sensor is provided to each fuel injector respectively and is disposed in a fuel passage between the accumulator and a fuel injection port of the fuel injector in such a manner as to be close to a fuel injection port relative to the accumulator. Output values of a plurality of fuel pressure sensors are acquired, and an average of the output values is computed. The output values are corrected in such a manner as to agree with the average.

Abstract: A control device of an internal combustion engine calculates a rotation increase amount caused in connection with a small injection based on a sensing value of a crank angle sensor and calculates an actual torque increase amount based on the calculated rotation increase amount. The control device senses fuel pressure fluctuation caused in connection with the small injection with a pressure sensor and calculates an actual injection quantity based on the sensed fuel pressure fluctuation. Then, the control device calculates a combustion rate by comparing the actual torque increase amount and the actual injection quantity and changes data (an injection pattern) of an injection control map in accordance with the combustion rate to achieve desired output torque and emission state.

Abstract: A fuel injection device includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel. A pressure sensor is configured to output detection signal correspondingly to pressure of the fuel. The fuel injection device further includes a storage unit for storing individual difference information, which indicates an output characteristic of the detection signal. The output characteristic is obtained by an examination. The individual difference information indicates a relationship between change in test pressure and change in detection signal. The test pressure is actually applied to the pressure sensor in the examination. The change in detection signal is attributed to the change in test pressure.

Abstract: A common rail type fuel injection system of an engine includes: a common rail for accumulating and holding high-pressure fuel; a fuel pump for pressure-feeding fuel to the common rail; and an injector for injecting the high-pressure fuel accumulated and held in the common rail. A pressure sensor is disposed in a fuel suction pod of the injector. An ECU sequentially detects a fuel pressure varied when the injector injects the fuel and sequentially detects a fuel pressure varied when the fuel pump pressure-feeds the fuel. When the injector injects the fuel the ECU computes injection pressure by the detection values of these pressures and computes injection characteristics by the injector on the basis of the injection pressure.

Abstract: A fuel injection device includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel, which is distributed from a pressure-accumulation vessel. A pressure sensor is located in a fuel passage, which extends from the pressure-accumulation vessel to a nozzle hole of the fuel injection valve. The pressure sensor is located closer to the nozzle hole than the pressure-accumulation vessel and configured to detect pressure of fuel. The fuel injection device further includes a storage unit for storing individual difference information, which indicates an injection characteristic of the fuel injection valve. The injection characteristic is obtained by an examination. The individual difference information indicates a relationship between an injection state when the fuel injection valve performs fuel injection and a fluctuation in detected pressure of the pressure sensor. The fluctuation is attributed to the fuel injection.

Abstract: A fuel injection control device (ECU) for controlling injection supply of fuel to a target engine has a program for sequentially sensing fuel pressure fluctuating with injection of a predetermined injector a program for detecting an injection centroid of a diagram as a profile of a transition of an injection rate of the injector at a present time based on a transition of the sequentially sensed fuel pressure, and a program for varying an injection command (injection timing) of the injector based on the detected injection centroid and an injection centroid of a predetermined basic diagram such that a relative positional relationship between the injection centroids of the diagram as the actual profile of the injection rate transition and the basic diagram becomes a relationship, in which timings of the injection centroids are close to each other.

Abstract: A fuel injection device includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel, which is distributed from a pressure-accumulation vessel. A pressure sensor is located in a fuel passage, which extends from the pressure-accumulation vessel to a nozzle hole. The pressure sensor is located closer to the nozzle hole than the pressure-accumulation vessel. A storage unit stores individual difference information obtained by an examination. The individual difference information indicates an injection characteristic of the fuel injection valve and indicates at least one of an injection response time delay between an injection start point and a time point, at which a fluctuation is caused by the start of fuel injection in detected pressure of the pressure sensor, and a parameter for calculating the injection response time delay.