METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POSITION OF A REAL TOOTH ON A TOOTHED TARGET RIGIDLY ATTACHED IN ROTATION TO A SHAFT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE

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A method an device for determining information representative of the position of a real tooth of a toothed target rigidly attached in rotation to a shaft of an internal combustion engine, the toothed target including n real teeth and m missing teeth forming a reference area and the engine being equipped with a sensor for detecting the passage of the real teeth of the toothed target in front of the sensor and with a unit capable of measuring, for each tooth k, the period of time, called period (T(k)) of the tooth k, separating the tooth k from the preceding tooth k−1. For the tooth k, the following ratio is calculated:

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CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHHANNOVER HANNOVER LOWER SAXONY
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE1 AVENUE PAUL OURLIAC TOULOUSE 31100

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LACHAIZE, Jérôme Toulouse, FR 9 30
ZOUBOFF, Pierre Toulouse, FR 12 90

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