Patent Document ID: 10072595
Application ID: 15363245
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for controlling a combustion engine using a determined mean value of a gas-mass flow in the combustion engine, the method comprising: measuring a gas-mass flow impinged upon by a pulsation, the pulsation resulting from piston travel in cylinders of the combustion engine; smoothing a sensor signal obtained by the measurement; ascertaining a correction quantity using a data-based, non-parametric function model, the data-based, non-parametric function model including a Gaussian process model, the Gaussian process model having, as input quantities, (i) a frequency of the pulsation, (ii) the smoothed sensor signal, and (iii) an amplitude of the pulsation; applying the correction quantity to the smoothed sensor signal to determine the mean value of the gas-mass flow; and operating the combustion engine using the determined mean value of the gas-mass flow.