Patent ID: 7100361

Claim:
A method for operating an internal combustion engine, comprising: in a first operating mode, injecting a fuel into a combustion chamber; in the first operating mode, dividing the fuel into two individual injections, of which a first injection is injected in an intake phase and a second injection is injected in a compression phase of the internal combustion engine; injecting the fuel into the combustion chamber in at least one additional operating mode, wherein in the at least one additional operating mode, the fuel is injected in the intake phase of the internal combustion engine; causing a controller to one of control and regulate the internal combustion engine; performing a switchover between the first operating mode and the at least one additional operating mode, wherein in one of a switchover from the first operating mode and a switchover to the first operating mode, a distribution factor corresponding to the first operating mode is taken into account in the controller, and wherein the distribution factor gives a ratio of injected fuel in the second injection to the total injected fuel; and in a setpoint branch of the controller, correcting a torque setpoint value using a distribution efficiency that is a function of the distribution factor.