Patent ID: 8326520
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: B60W,F02N,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A process for automatically turning-off and starting an internal-combustion engine in a motor vehicle having a start-stop device that automatically turns off the internal-combustion engine when the vehicle is braked to a stop and held in a stopped position by operation of a brake pedal and automatically turns on the internal-combustion engine upon release of the operated brake pedal, the process comprising the acts of: automatically turning off the internal-combustion engine when the vehicle is braked to a stop and held in the stopped position by an operation of the brake pedal; monitoring, after the vehicle has been braked to the stop, whether the brake pedal is additionally depressed excessively and beyond the original operation of the brake pedal for holding the vehicle in the stopped position; and preventing the automatic starting of the internal-combustion engine based upon the release of the operated brake pedal if said monitoring determines the operated brake pedal was additionally depressed excessively and beyond the original operation of the brake pedal for holding the vehicle in the stopped position while the internal-combustion engine is off.