Patent Publication Number: US-11655774-B2

Title: Injector failure diagnostic device and injector failure diagnostic method

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to injector failure diagnostic devices for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having injectors, each injector injects fuel to the corresponding cylinder, and methods for injector failure diagnosis. 
     The present application claims priority from Japanese patent application JP 2019-066663 filed on Mar. 29, 2019, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In some vehicles such as construction machineries equipped with multi-cylinder internal combustion engines, the controller of the internal combustion engine has a failure diagnostic function that enables detection of failures, such as disconnection and short circuit, by monitoring the energization of the injectors that inject fuel into the cylinders. Although this failure diagnostic function detects electrical failures of the injectors, it is difficult for the function to detect a mechanical failure of the injectors due to a fuel leak or stiffness. For this reason, failures are often not noticed until a performance deterioration due to the mechanical failure occurs or an obvious abnormal state such as white smoke or black smoke occurs. This means that a malfunction suddenly happens. Such a sudden malfunction may cause downtime of the construction machinery and hinder the stable operation of the construction machinery. 
     A method then has been proposed, in which fuel injection is intentionally stopped for each cylinder, and a mechanical failure is diagnosed by the operator based on changes in the operating sound of the internal combustion engine based on the hearing of the operator. This method, however, is based on the sensory perception of human hearing, and it not only depends on the rich experiences and advanced knowledge of the operator, but also causes a problem that the results are likely to vary. 
     Patent Literature 1 discloses a method of identifying a faulty injector using the undulation in the rotation fluctuation during one cycle of the cylinders of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. 
     Patent Literature 2 discloses a method for identifying a faulty injector based on the indicated fuel injection amount. Specifically, this method stops two of the injectors at the same time to measure a change in the indicated fuel injection amount, and then identifies a faulty injector based on the fact that the faulty injector does not inject fuel. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     
         
         Patent Literature 1 JP 2002-122037 A 
         Patent Literature 2 JP 2016-014375 A 
       
    
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     The method described in Patent Literature 1 requires the setting of a threshold for the rotational fluctuation to identify a faulty injector based on the undulation of the fluctuation. In order to improve the diagnostic accuracy, it is also necessary to develop a model tailored to the housing and the environment in which the internal combustion engine operates. 
     The method described in Patent Literature 2 has less effect of the combination of cylinders that stop at the same time when the number of cylinders is large. When the number of cylinders is small such as four cylinders, however, the change in the indicated fuel injection amount may differ depending on the combination of two cylinders that stop at the same time, and this may degrade the diagnostic accuracy. 
     In view of the above-described circumstances, the present invention aims to provide an injector failure diagnostic device capable of diagnosing mechanical failures of injectors simply and with high accuracy, and also capable of easily identifying a faulty injector, and provide such a method for injector failure diagnosis. 
     Solution to Problem 
     An injector failure diagnostic device according one aspect of the present invention is for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having a plurality of injectors, each injector injects fuel to a corresponding cylinder. The injector failure diagnostic device includes: an operating sound obtainment unit configured to obtain a current operating sound that is the operating sound when all of the injectors are operated, and obtain a pseudo-failure operating sound sequentially for each of the injectors, the pseudo-failure sound being the operating sound generated by stopping the fuel injection from one injector while maintaining the operation of the remaining injectors; and a faulty injector identification unit configured to determine whether or not the pseudo-failure operating sound of each injector obtained by the operating sound obtainment unit is similar to the current operating sound to identify a faulty injector. 
     The injector failure diagnostic device according to the present invention is configured so that the operating sound obtainment unit obtains the current operating sound and the pseudo-failure operating sound for each injector, and the faulty injector identification unit determines whether the pseudo-failure operating sound of each injector is similar or not to the current operating sound to identify a faulty injector. The injector failure diagnostic device therefore easily diagnoses the mechanical failure of the injectors and easily identifies the faulty injector. The accuracy of diagnosis improves as compared with the diagnosis with human hearing. 
     A method for diagnosing an injector failure according to another aspect of the present invention diagnosis failures in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having a plurality of injectors, each injector injects fuel to a corresponding cylinder. The method includes: a current operating sound obtainment step of obtaining a current operating sound that is the operating sound when all of the injectors are operated; a pseudo-failure operating sound obtainment step of obtaining a pseudo-failure operating sound sequentially for each of the injectors, the pseudo-failure sound being the operating sound generated by stopping the fuel injection from one injector while maintaining the operation of the remaining injectors; and a diagnosis step of determining whether or not the pseudo-failure operating sound of each injector obtained by the pseudo-failure operating sound obtainment step is similar to the current operating sound obtained at the current operating sound obtainment step to identify a faulty injector. 
     In the method for diagnosing an injector failure according to the present invention, the current operating sound obtainment step obtains the current operating sound, the pseudo-failure operating sound obtainment step obtains the pseudo-failure operating sound for each injector, and the diagnosis step determines whether the pseudo-failure operating sound of each injector is similar or not to the current operating sound to identify a faulty injector. The method therefore easily diagnoses the mechanical failure of the injectors and easily identifies the faulty injector. The accuracy of diagnosis improves as compared with the diagnosis with human hearing. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     The above aspects of the present invention enable simple and accurate diagnosis of mechanical failures of injectors, and also easy identification of a faulty injector. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a first embodiment. 
         FIG.  2    is a flowchart for explaining the method for injector failure diagnosis. 
         FIG.  3    explains the operating sound obtainment and the pseudo failures. 
         FIG.  4 A  is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation with a smartphone. 
         FIG.  4 B  is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation with a smartphone. 
         FIG.  4 C  is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation with a smartphone. 
         FIG.  5 A  is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation with a smartphone. 
         FIG.  5 B  is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation with a smartphone. 
         FIG.  5 C  is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation with a smartphone. 
         FIG.  6    explains similarity calculation based on the peaks observed at the integer multiple components of the frequency. 
         FIG.  7    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a second embodiment. 
         FIG.  8    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a third embodiment. 
         FIG.  9    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a fourth embodiment. 
         FIG.  10    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a fifth embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     The following describes some embodiments of an injector failure diagnostic device and a method for injector failure diagnosis according to the present invention, with reference to the drawings. Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the drawings of the present specification to omit their redundant explanations. 
     First Embodiment of Injector Failure Diagnostic Device 
       FIG.  1    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a first embodiment. The injector failure diagnostic device  1  of the present embodiment is to diagnose a failure of a plurality of injectors installed in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 . 
     The multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 , which is mounted on a construction machinery, for example, includes four cylinders (first cylinder  25 , second cylinder  26 , third cylinder  27  and fourth cylinder  28 ) arranged in series, injectors (first injector  21 , second injector  22 , third injector  23  and fourth injector  24 ) that inject fuel into the inside of the corresponding cylinders, and an injector controller  20  that controls the operation of the injectors. 
     In one example, the injector controller  20  includes a microcomputer made up of the combination of a central processing unit (CPU) that executes calculations, a read only memory (ROM) as a secondary storage device that records programs for the calculations, and a random access memory (RAM) as a temporary storage of the calculation progress or temporary control variables. The injector controller  20  controls operations including stopping and resuming of the injectors by executing the stored programs. 
     The injector failure diagnostic device  1  is installed in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The following describes an example of the injector failure diagnostic device  1  that is installed in a smartphone  10 , which may be other mobile terminals such as a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, and a PDA. 
     The injector failure diagnostic device  1  installed in the smartphone  10  is configured to be communicable with the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 . For example, the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  is equipped with a serial/WIFI converter (not shown), so that the injector failure diagnostic device  1  communicates with the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  via the serial/WIFI converter. Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wireless local area network (LAN) may be used instead of the serial/WIFI converter. 
     As shown in  FIG.  1   , the injector failure diagnostic device  1  includes a pseudo failure unit  11 , an operating sound obtainment unit  12 , a faulty injector identification unit  13 , and a diagnosis result output unit  14 . 
     The pseudo failure unit  11 , in cooperation with the injector controller  20  of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 , is configured to generate a pseudo failure to intentionally stop the fuel injection from each injector and then cancel the pseudo failure after a lapse of a predetermined time. Specifically, the pseudo failure unit  11  generates a pseudo failure that stops one of the four injectors (i.e., of the first injector  21 , the second injector  22 , the third injector  23 , and the fourth injector  24 ) while maintaining the operation of the remaining injectors via the injector controller  20 . The pseudo failure unit  11  generates this pseudo failure for the four injectors in turn. 
     In one example, the pseudo failure unit  11  firstly generates a first pseudo failure via the injector controller  20 , which stops the fuel injection of the first injector  21  and maintains the operation of the second to fourth injectors  22  to  24 . After a predetermined time elapses, the pseudo failure unit  11  cancels this first pseudo failure by resuming the stopped first injector  21  via the injector controller  20 . Cancellation of the first pseudo failure means that all of the four injectors are put into operation. 
     Next, the pseudo failure unit  11  generates a second pseudo failure via the injector controller  20 , which stops the fuel injection of the second injector  22  and maintains the operation of the first injector  21 , the third injector  23 , and the fourth injector  24 . After a predetermined time elapses, the pseudo failure unit  11  cancels this second pseudo failure by resuming the stopped second injector  22  via the injector controller  20 . 
     Subsequently, the pseudo failure unit  11  similarly generates and cancels the third pseudo failure, and the fourth pseudo failure in this order. 
     In one example, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  is a microphone built in the smartphone  10 , and obtains the current operating sound that is the operating sound when the four injectors are operated, and obtains the pseudo-failure operating sound that is the operating sound when the above-mentioned first to fourth pseudo failure happens. This operating sound obtainment unit  12  is electrically connected to the faulty injector identification unit  13 , and outputs the obtained current operating sound and pseudo-failure operating sound to the faulty injector identification unit  13 . 
     The faulty injector identification unit  13  obtains the current operating sound and the pseudo-failure operating sound (i.e., the first pseudo-failure operating sound, the second pseudo-failure operating sound, the third pseudo-failure operating sound, and the fourth pseudo-failure operating sound) from the operating sound obtainment unit  12 . The faulty injector identification unit  13  then determines whether each pseudo-failure operating sound is similar or not to the current operating sound to identify a faulty injector. 
     Specifically, the faulty injector identification unit  13  compares the first pseudo-failure operating sound, the second pseudo-failure operating sound, the third pseudo-failure operating sound, and the fourth pseudo-failure operating sound one by one with the current operating sound, and thus determines whether each of the sounds is similar or not to the current operating sound. For this similarity determination, the similarity is calculated between the current operating sound and the pseudo-failure operating sound of each injector based on the peaks of the frequency appearing in the frequency domain (e.g., the peaks observed at the integer multiple components of the ratio of the primary combustion frequency of the engine (i.e., multi-cylinder internal combustion engine) to the number of cylinders) as shown in  FIG.  6   , for example. This enables a determination with a high degree of accuracy about whether or not each pseudo-failure operating sound is similar to the current operating sound. In  FIG.  6   , the horizontal axis represents the frequency and the vertical axis represents the sound pressure level. 
     Instead of calculating a similarity based on the frequency peaks observed in the frequency domain as stated above, the similarity determination may be made by deleting the dimension of the data for visualization about the feature vector of each operational sound using the principal component analysis (PCA). Or it may be performed by calculating the cross-correlation function (similarity of the time axis) of each operating sound, or by performing a fast Fourier transform on the audio data of each operating sound and pattern-matching the frequency characteristics. 
     If it is determined that there is no similarity, the faulty injector identification unit  13  determines that there is no faulty injector. If it is determined that any pseudo-failure operating sound is similar, the faulty injector identification unit  13  identifies the injector corresponding to that pseudo-failure operating sound as the faulty injector. 
     The diagnosis result output unit  14  is electrically connected to the faulty injector identification unit  13 , and receives a diagnostic result from the faulty injector identification unit  13  and informs the operator or the like of the result. For example, the diagnosis result output unit  14  informs the operator by displaying the presence or not of a faulty injector and information on the identified faulty injector, if any, such as the number of the injector, on the display screen of the smartphone  10 . The information on the identified faulty injector may be displayed on the display screen of the smartphone  10  and also may be transmitted to a server described later. 
     In the injector failure diagnostic device  1  according to the present embodiment, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  obtains the current operating sound and the pseudo-failure operating sound for each injector, and the faulty injector identification unit  13  determines whether the pseudo-failure operating sound of each injector is similar or not to the current operating sound to identify a faulty injector. The injector failure diagnostic device  1  therefore easily diagnoses the mechanical failure of the injectors and easily identifies the faulty injector. The accuracy of diagnosis improves as compared with the diagnosis with human hearing. 
     The operating sound obtainment unit  12  and the faulty injector identification unit  13  are installed in a smartphone that is easy to carry, which enables handy and easy diagnosis for a mechanical failure of the injectors at the site. 
     [Method for Injector Failure Diagnosis] 
     The following describes a method for injector failure diagnosis using the injector failure diagnostic device  1  with reference to  FIGS.  2  to  5   .  FIG.  2    is a flowchart that explains the method for injector failure diagnosis,  FIG.  3    is a diagram for explaining the operating sound obtainment and the pseudo-failures, and  FIGS.  4 A to  4 C  and  FIGS.  5 A to  5 C  are schematic diagrams for explaining the operation with a smartphone. 
     The method for injector failure diagnosis of the present embodiment includes: a current operating sound obtainment step of obtaining, as the current operating sound, the operating sound during the operation of four injectors; a pseudo-failure operating sound obtainment step of stopping fuel injection from one of the four injectors and maintaining the operation of the remaining three injectors to obtain a pseudo-failure operating sound, and sequentially obtaining the pseudo-failure operating sound of the four injectors; and a diagnosis step of determining whether or not the pseudo-failure operating sound of each injector obtained at the pseudo-failure operating sound obtainment step is similar to the current operating sound obtained at the current operating sound obtainment step to identify a faulty injector. In one example, this method for injector failure diagnosis is conducted when the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  is idling (at the minimum rotation speed of the internal combustion engine). 
     Specifically, the operator first prepares the injector failure diagnostic device  1  by selecting the application software for the injector failure diagnosis device  1  installed on the smartphone  10  (see  FIG.  4 A ). Next, the operator selects the model of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  to be diagnosed (see  FIG.  4 B ). 
     Subsequently, in step S 101  shown in  FIG.  2   , the method obtains the current operating sound that is the operating sound during the operation of the four injectors via the operating sound obtainment unit  12 . At this time, the operator follows the procedure displayed on the screen of the smartphone  10  to bring the smartphone  10  close to the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  of the construction machinery toward the designated recording position (see  FIG.  4 C  and  FIG.  5 A ), and record the current operating sound with the microphone built into the smartphone  10  for a certain period of time (e.g., about 5 seconds) (see  FIG.  5 B ). After the recording ends, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  transmits the recorded sound as the current operating sound to the faulty injector identification unit  13 . 
     Step S 101  corresponds to the “current operating sound obtainment step” recited in the claims. 
     In step S 102  following step S 101 , the method generates pseudo failures. At this time, as shown in  FIG.  5 C , the operator presses a pseudo-failure start button displayed on the screen of the smartphone  10  to select the pseudo failure unit  11  of the injector failure diagnostic device  1 . This results in transmission of an instruction to generate a pseudo failure to the injector controller  20  of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 , which controls to generate a first pseudo failure that stops the fuel injection from the first injector  21  and maintains the operation of the second to fourth injectors  22  to  24 . 
     Specifically, as shown in  FIG.  3   , in response to transmission of an instruction to stop the first injector  21  from the injector failure diagnostic device  1  to the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 , the injector controller  20  receives the instruction and transmits a control signal for stopping to the first injector  21 . This stops the fuel injection of the first injector  21 . The second to fourth injectors  22  to  24  keep operating without stopping. 
     In step S 103  following step S 102 , the method obtains the operating sound during pseudo failures. At this time, the operator follows the procedure displayed on the screen shown in  FIG.  4 C  to bring the operating sound obtainment unit  12  (the smartphone  10  having the built-in microphone in this case) close to the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  toward the designated recording position, and record the operating sound of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  for a certain period of time (a time similar to the recording time in step S 101 ) (see  FIGS.  5 A and  5 B ). After the recording ends, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  transmits the recorded sound data as the first pseudo-failure operating sound to the faulty injector identification unit  13 . 
     In step S 104  following step S 103 , the method cancels the pseudo failure. Specifically, after a predetermined time (e.g., 25 sec.) elapses, the pseudo failure unit  11  transmits a cancellation instruction to the injector controller  20  of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  to resume the stopped first injector  21  via the injector controller  20 . As shown in  FIG.  3   , in response to reception of an instruction to resume the first injector  21 , the injector controller  20  transmits a control signal to resume the first injector  21 . This resumes the first injector  21  to return to the state in which all of the four injectors are in operation. 
     In step S 105  following step S 104 , the injector failure diagnostic device  1  determines whether or not a pseudo failure has occurred for all the injectors. If it is determined that a pseudo failure has not yet occurred for all of these injectors, the process returns to step S 102  to generate pseudo failures again. Since this embodiment includes the four injectors, pseudo failures corresponding to the second injector  22 , the third injector  23  and the fourth injector  24  occur in order, and the operating sound during the second to fourth pseudo failures is obtained accordingly. 
     Steps S 102  to S 105  correspond to the “pseudo-failure operating sound obtainment step” recited in the claims. 
     If it is determined in step S 105  that pseudo failures have already occurred for all injectors, the process proceeds to step S 106  to determine whether or not each pseudo-failure operating sound is similar to the current operating sound. To this end, the faulty injector identification unit  13  compares the first pseudo-failure operating sound, the second pseudo-failure operating sound, the third pseudo-failure operating sound, and the fourth pseudo-failure operating sound one by one with the current operating sound by the similarity determination method as stated above, and thus determines whether each of the sounds is similar or not to the current operating sound. 
     If it is determined that none of the first pseudo-failure operating sound, the second pseudo-failure operating sound, the third pseudo-failure operating sound and the fourth pseudo-failure operating sound are similar to the current operating sound, the faulty injector identification unit  13  determines that there is no faulty injector (see step S 107 ). That is, if there is no pseudo-failure operating sound similar to the current operating sound, this means that the current operating sound is normal operating sound. This indicates that all injectors are operating normally. 
     If it is determined in step S 106  that there is a similarity between the sounds, the faulty injector identification unit  13  identifies the faulty injector that is the injector corresponding to the pseudo-failure operating sound similar to the current operating sound (see step S 108 ). For example, the determination may indicate that the first pseudo-failure operating sound and the second pseudo-failure operating sound are similar to the current operating sound. In this case, intentionally stopping of the first injector  21  corresponding to the first pseudo-failure operating sound and the second injector  22  corresponding to the second pseudo-failure operating sound will lead to the resulting operating sound that is similar to the first pseudo-failure operating sound or the second pseudo-failure operating sound. This indicates that the first injector  21  and the second injector  22  do not inject fuel and thus are faulty injectors. This allows the first injector  21  and the second injector  22  to be identified as faulty injectors. 
     Steps S 106  to S 108  correspond to the “diagnosis step” recited in the claims. 
     The method for injector failure diagnosis according to the present embodiment obtains the current operating sound and the pseudo-failure operating sound for each injector, and determines whether the obtained pseudo-failure operating sound of each injector is similar or not to the current operating sound to identify a faulty injector. The method therefore easily diagnoses the mechanical failure of the injectors and easily identifies the faulty injector. The accuracy of diagnosis improves as compared with the diagnosis with human hearing. 
     The method for injector failure diagnosis of the present embodiment is carried out when the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  is idling. In this way, the method starts diagnosing after setting the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  at the lowest rotational speed, which leads to the detection of an initial failure of the injectors caused by a fuel leak or stiffness, and thus enables a timely proposal for repair to the customer. 
     Note that, in this embodiment, the order of step S 101  of obtaining the current operating sound and steps S 102  to S 105  of obtaining the pseudo-failure operating sounds may be reversed. 
     Second Embodiment of Injector Failure Diagnostic Device 
       FIG.  7    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a second embodiment. The injector failure diagnostic device  1 A of this embodiment differs from the first embodiment described above in that the faulty injector identification unit  13  is provided in a server  30 , but the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment. 
     As shown in  FIG.  7   , the injector failure diagnostic device  1 A of this embodiment is configured so that a pseudo failure unit  11 , an operating sound obtainment unit  12  and a diagnosis result output unit  14  are provided in the smartphone  10 , while the faulty injector identification unit  13  is provided in the server  30 . The server  30  is located in the control center, for example, and is configured to be communicable with the smartphone  10 . 
     In the injector failure diagnostic device  1 A having this structure, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  transmits each obtained operating sound to the faulty injector identification unit  13  in the server  30 , and the faulty injector identification unit  13  transmits the similarity determination results of the operating sounds and the identification results of the failure injector to the diagnosis result output unit  14 . 
     The injector failure diagnostic device  1 A of this embodiment has the same actions and advantageous effects as those of the first embodiment described above, and the faulty injector identification unit  13  provided in the server  30  increases the speed of processing the similarity determination of the operating sounds and the identification of the faulty injector compared with the injector failure diagnostic device  1  of the first embodiment. 
     The method for injector failure diagnosis using the injector failure diagnostic device  1 A is the same as that described in the first embodiment above, and the redundant explanations are omitted. 
     Third Embodiment of Injector Failure Diagnostic Device 
       FIG.  8    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a third embodiment. The injector failure diagnostic device  1 B of this embodiment differs from the first embodiment described above in that the faulty injector identification unit  13  and the diagnosis result output unit  14  are provided in an internal combustion engine controller  40  of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 , but the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment. 
     As shown in  FIG.  8   , the injector failure diagnostic device  1 B of this embodiment is configured so that a pseudo failure unit  11  and an operating sound obtainment unit  12  are provided in the smartphone  10 , while the faulty injector identification unit  13  and the diagnosis result output unit  14  are provided in the internal combustion engine controller  40 . 
     In one example, the internal combustion engine controller  40  includes a microcomputer made up of the combination of a central processing unit (CPU) that executes calculations, a read only memory (ROM) as a secondary storage device that records programs for the calculations, and a random access memory (RAM) as a temporary storage of the calculation progress or temporary control variables. The internal combustion engine controller  40  controls the overall operation of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  by executing the stored programs. 
     The internal combustion engine controller  40  includes an injector controller  20  as well as the faulty injector identification unit  13  and the diagnosis result output unit  14 . This internal combustion engine controller  40  is configured to be communicable with the smartphone  10 . 
     In the injector failure diagnostic device  1 B having this structure, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  transmits each obtained operating sound to the faulty injector identification unit  13  in the internal combustion engine controller  40 , and the faulty injector identification unit  13  transmits the similarity determination results of the operating sounds and the identification results of a failure injector to the diagnosis result output unit  14  to inform the operator or the like of the results via the diagnosis result output unit  14 . 
     In one example, the diagnosis result output unit  14  includes a display for displaying the diagnosis result and a flashing lamp for alerting the operator. If necessary, the diagnosis result output unit  14  may be provided in both the internal combustion engine controller  40  and the smartphone  10 . In this case, the operator is allowed to confirm the diagnosis results with both of the internal combustion engine controller  40  (that is, with the construction machinery) and with the smartphone  10 . 
     The injector failure diagnostic device  1 B of this embodiment has the same actions and advantageous effects as those of the first embodiment described above, and the faulty injector identification unit  13  and the diagnosis result output unit  14  provided in the internal combustion engine controller  40  increase the speed of processing the similarity determination of the operating sound and the identification of the faulty injector compared with the injector failure diagnostic device  1  of the first embodiment. 
     The method for injector failure diagnosis using the injector failure diagnostic device  1 B is the same as that described in the first embodiment above, and the redundant explanations are omitted. 
     Fourth Embodiment of Injector Failure Diagnostic Device 
       FIG.  9    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a fourth embodiment. The injector failure diagnostic device  1 C of this embodiment differs from the first embodiment described above in that it does not include a smartphone, the pseudo failure unit  11 , the operating sound obtainment unit  12  and the diagnosis result output unit  14  are provided in the internal combustion engine controller  40  of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 , and the faulty injector identification unit  13  is provided in the server  30 , but the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment. 
     As shown in  FIG.  9   , the injector failure diagnostic device  1 C of the present embodiment is configured so that the pseudo failure unit  11 , the operating sound obtainment unit  12 , and the diagnosis result output unit  14  are provided in the internal combustion engine controller  40 . The internal combustion engine controller  40  controls the overall operation of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  as described above, and is configured to be communicable with the server  30 . 
     In the present embodiment, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  is configured to record the operating sound using a microphone placed in the engine room, for example, in accordance with an instruction from the internal combustion engine controller  40 . 
     In the injector failure diagnostic device  1 C having this structure, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  transmits each obtained operating sound to the faulty injector identification unit  13  in the server  30 , and the faulty injector identification unit  13  transmits the similarity determination results of the operating sounds and the identification results of a failure injector to the diagnosis result output unit  14 . 
     The injector failure diagnostic device  1 C of this embodiment has the same actions and advantageous effects as those of the first embodiment described above, and the configuration including the pseudo failure unit  11 , the operating sound obtainment unit  12  and the diagnosis result output unit  14  in the internal combustion engine controller  40  of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  and the faulty injector identification unit  13  in the server  30  allows the operator to easily diagnose the injector failure without going to the site. 
     The method for injector failure diagnosis using the injector failure diagnostic device  1 C automatically starts under preset conditions (for example, once/500 hours or when the engine revolution speed reaches the minimum speed). For example, when the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine has been in operation for 500 hours, the internal combustion engine controller  40  activates the injector failure diagnostic device  1 C to carry out failure diagnosis of each injector. The specific process in the method for injector failure diagnosis is the same as that described in the first embodiment above except that no smartphone is used, and the redundant explanations are omitted. 
     Fifth Embodiment of Injector Failure Diagnostic Device 
       FIG.  10    is a schematic view showing the configuration of an injector failure diagnostic device according to a fifth embodiment. The injector failure diagnostic device  1 D of this embodiment differs from the first embodiment described above in that it does not include a smartphone, and all of the pseudo failure unit  11 , the operating sound obtainment unit  12 , the faulty injector identification unit  13  and the diagnosis result output unit  14  are provided in the internal combustion engine controller  40  of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2 , but the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment. 
     In the present embodiment, the operating sound obtainment unit  12  is configured to record the operating sound using a microphone placed in the engine room, for example, in accordance with an instruction from the internal combustion engine controller  40 . 
     The injector failure diagnostic device  1 D of this embodiment has the same actions and advantageous effects as those of the first embodiment described above, and the configuration including the pseudo failure unit  11 , the operating sound obtainment unit  12 , the faulty injector identification unit  13  and the diagnosis result output unit  14  in the internal combustion engine controller  40  of the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  2  allows the operator to easily diagnose the injector failure without going to the site. 
     The method for injector failure diagnosis using the injector failure diagnostic device  1 D automatically starts under preset conditions (for example, once/500 hours or when the engine revolution speed reaches the minimum speed). For example, when the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine has been in operation for 500 hours, the internal combustion engine controller  40  activates the injector failure diagnostic device  1 D to carry out failure diagnosis of each injector. The specific process in the method for injector failure diagnosis is the same as that described in the first embodiment above except that no smartphone is used, and the redundant explanations are omitted. 
     That is a detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the above-stated embodiments, and the design may be modified variously without departing from the spirits of the present invention recited in the claims. 
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           1 ,  1 A,  1 B,  1 C,  1 D Injector failure diagnostic device 
           2  Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine 
           10  Smartphone 
           11  Pseudo failure unit 
           12  Operating sound obtainment unit 
           13  Faulty injector identification unit 
           14  Diagnosis result output unit 
           21  First injector 
           22  Second Injector 
           23  Third Injector 
           24  Fourth Injector 
           25  First cylinder 
           26  Second cylinder 
           27  Third cylinder 
           28  Fourth cylinder 
           30  Server 
           40  Internal combustion engine controller