Patent attributes
An internal combustion engine to which the inventive device for controlling an internal combustion engine is applied includes an intake control valve provided in an air-intake path at a position upstream from an intake valve, the intake control valve being controlled to be either in an operative state operating in relation to the operation of the intake valve or in an non-operative state maintaining the air-intake path always open, and, in the operative state, closed at least prior to the opening of the intake valve and opened after the opening of the intake valve to generate the pressure difference between the upstream and downstream from the intake control valve. The device for controlling an internal engine includes a detector for detecting a value corresponding to an amount of intake air fed to the internal combustion engine, and correction means for correcting the value detected by the detector, in correspondence to the operation characteristics of the intake control valve when the intake control valve is in the operative state.
