Patent ID: 6237563
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: F02D

Abstract:
A method for controlling an internal combustion engine, which comprises the step of:determining a measured value of an actual torque that is being output to an output shaft of an internal combustion engine;determining an estimated value of the actual torque as a function of operating variables of the internal combustion engine;adapting a predefined correction value as a function of the estimated value of the actual torque and of the measured value of the actual torque;setting a setpoint value of the torque by an air mass flow rate as a function of a pedal position that is determined by a pedal position sensor and is calculated by at least one further operating variable;correcting the setpoint value of the torque as a function of the correction value; anddetermining an actuator signal for an actuator element of the internal combustion engine as a function of the corrected setpoint value of the torque.