Patent ID: 6907339

Claim:
Method for controlling an internal combustion engine, having intermittently actuated inlet valves, in which in each case fuel is introduced into a combustion chamber and a combustion air mass flow (MF) flowing into the combustion chamber through an intake tract is set, whereby a pressure (P) is determined in the intake tract and first and second variable final control elements, which influence the air mass flow (MF) in each case, are connected in series in the intake tract and are used for setting the air mass flow (MF), comprising the steps of: a) determining the pressure in the intake tract between the first and second final control elements and determining the positions of the final control elements, b) predicting the air quantity (MF) flowing into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine after completion of the inlet valve opening operation and prior to fuel introduction into the air from the values for air pressure and position of the first and second final control elements, and c)introducing into the air a quantity of fuel chosen as a function of the predicted air quantity (MF).