Patent ID: 8091340

Claim:
A method of controlling the intake of an internal-combustion engine comprising at least two groups of at least one cylinder wherein a feed is admitted for operation of said engine, and an exhaust line comprising at least one exhaust pas depollution means, the method comprising, while the engine runs at least one of low speeds and low torques: evaluating the total feed to be admitted into the cylinders to operate the engine, admitting a greater amount of the total feed into one of the groups of cylinders than in the other group of cylinders so as to achieve an exhaust gas temperature increase allowing to speed up the rise in temperature of the depollution means, maintaining the intake and exhaust valves of the other group of cylinders active and admitting a smaller amount of the total feed into the other group of cylinders while the engine runs at least one of low speeds and low torques, and as soon as the at least one exhaust gas depollution means has reached its operating temperature, distributing the feed identically into each cylinder.