Methods and systems for estimating an air-fuel ratio with a variable voltage oxygen sensor

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PATENT NO 9863353
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15461942

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Methods and systems are provided for estimating an exhaust air/fuel ratio based on outputs from an exhaust oxygen sensor. In one example, a method may include adjusting engine operation based on an air-fuel ratio estimated based on an output of the exhaust oxygen sensor and a learned correction factor. For example, the oxygen sensor may operate in a variable voltage mode in which a reference voltage of the oxygen sensor may be adjusted between a lower first voltage and a higher second voltage, and the learned correction factor is based on the second voltage.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC1 AMERICAN RD FL4 DEARBORN MI 48126-2701

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Behr, Kenneth John Farmington Hills, US 28 203
Makled, Daniel A Dearborn, US 74 750
Soltis, Richard E Saline, US 109 1372
Surnilla, Gopichandra West Bloomfield, US 552 8677

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