Patent ID: 7762226

Claim:
A method for adjusting a camshaft of an internal combustion engine during a stop phase and during a subsequent new startup phase of the internal combustion engine, wherein intake valves and/or exhaust valves of the internal combustion engine are controlled by the camshaft that is adjusted with a camshaft adjuster, and wherein control time points of the intake valves and/or the exhaust valves are defined by a desired startup position of the camshaft adjuster in which mechanical work necessary for starting the internal combustion engine is reduced and/or pollutant emissions of the internal combustion engine are reduced, the method comprising the following steps: setting the camshaft adjuster in a desired stop position during the stop phase, setting the camshaft adjuster from a desired stop position to the desired startup position during a first section of the startup phase, and setting the camshaft adjuster as a function of measured operating parameters of the internal combustion engine during a second section of the startup phase.