PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762510
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["701", "104000"]

Abstract:
Provided is a control device for an engine comprising an engine whose combustion mode is switchable according to an engine operation state, wherein the control device is capable of controlling the engine while suppressing generation of knock noise due to abnormal combustion. The control device comprises: a basic target torque-determining part ( 61 ) configured to determine a basic target torque based on a vehicle driving state including manipulation of an accelerator pedal; a torque reduction amount-determining part ( 63 ) configured to determine a torque reduction amount based on a vehicle driving state other than the manipulation of the accelerator pedal; a final target torque-determining part ( 65 ) configured to determine a final target torque based on the basic target torque and the torque reduction amount; and an engine control part ( 69 ) configured to set the combustion mode to a premixed combustion mode or a diffusion combustion mode according to the engine operation state. The engine control part is configured, when the engine operation state changes from a diffusion combustion region to a premixed combustion region, due to a change in the final target torque corresponding to a change in the torque reduction amount, to maintain the combustion mode in the diffusion combustion mode.

Claim (Index 4):
The control device as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the engine is a diesel engine comprising a fuel injector for injecting fuel into a cylinder, and wherein the engine control part is configured to control the fuel injector to regulate a fuel injection amount so as to enable the diesel engine to output the final target torque.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.92
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15762516', '15271111', '15271132', '15429319', '15429354']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4899118678397978
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5964298373390508
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.500563664789723
- Mean Citation Score: 379.818618
- Max Citation Score: 518.337
- Similarity Product: 506.0443809170722

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test