Author: claimsbot

1. A method for controlling an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold and a throttle valve disposed therein, the method comprising:
measuring the pressure in the intake manifold and adjusting the pressure to a predefinable setpoint value through variation of an opening angle of the throttle valve,
determining a pressure setpoint value for the pressure in the intake manifold from a torque setpoint value and an air mass flow curve,
providing a modified air mass flow curve when a valve lift of the internal combustion engine is changed;
wherein in order to adjust the pressure, the throttle valve is temporarily over or under adjusted relative to a final value for the pressure defined by the setpoint value.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pressure setpoint value is determined in parallel fashion for a plurality of different valve lift settings.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein different pressure setpoint values for a plurality of different valve lift settings are determined at a maximum in a time period of approximately 400 ms prior to a planned switchover of the valve lift to approximately 200 ms after the completed switchover of the valve lift.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setpoint value for the pressure in the intake manifold is adjusted before a valve lift switchover takes place.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein in order to adjust the pressure the throttle valve is moved from a first position having a first throttle valve angle to a second position having a second throttle valve angle, a third position being selected for a predefinable time period in the interim, said third position having a third throttle valve angle which lies outside of the interval that is formed by the first and second throttle valve angles.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is used for controlling the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
7. An apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine which has a device for changing the valve lift, wherein the apparatus comprises a device for regulating the intake manifold pressure by means of which the opening angle of the throttle valve can be influenced as a control variable in order to adjust the intake manifold pressure to a predefinable setpoint value and wherein the apparatus additionally includes a pilot control device for adjusting the intake manifold pressure setpoint value to the valve lift;
wherein in order to adjust the intake manifold pressure, the throttle valve is temporarily over or under adjusted relative to a final value for the pressure defined by the setpoint value.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the device for adjusting the pressure setpoint value to the valve lift is provided for the purpose of determining the pressure setpoint value in parallel fashion for a plurality of different valve lift settings.
9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a delay element is present which delays the valve lift switchover with respect to a new pressure setpoint value specification.
10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a pilot control device for determining the opening angle of the throttle valve is present.
11. A motor vehicle having an apparatus according to claim 7.
12. A system for controlling an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold and a throttle valve disposed therein, the system being configured to measure the pressure in the intake manifold, to adjust the pressure to a predefinable setpoint value through variation of the opening angle of the throttle valve, to determine the setpoint value for the pressure in the intake manifold from the setpoint value for the torque and an air mass flow curve, and to provide a modified air mass flow curve when the valve lift of the internal combustion engine is changed;
wherein in order to adjust the pressure, the throttle valve is temporarily over or under adjusted relative to a final value for the pressure defined by the setpoint value.
13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the pressure setpoint value is determined in parallel fashion for a plurality of different valve lift settings.
14. The system according to claim 13, wherein different pressure setpoint values for a plurality of different valve lift settings are determined at a maximum in a time period of approximately 400 ms prior to a planned switchover of the valve lift to approximately 200 ms after the completed switchover of the valve lift.
15. The system according to claim 12, wherein the setpoint value for the pressure in the intake manifold is adjusted before a valve lift switchover takes place.
16. The system according to claim 12, wherein in order to adjust the pressure the throttle valve is moved from a first position having a first throttle valve angle to a second position having a second throttle valve angle, a third position being selected for a predefinable time period in the interim, said third position having a third throttle valve angle which lies outside of the interval that is formed by the first and second throttle valve angles.
17. A system for controlling an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold and a throttle valve disposed therein,
wherein the system is configured to:
adjust a pressure in the intake manifold through variation of an opening angle of the throttle valve;
determine a pressure setpoint value for the pressure in the intake manifold from a torque setpoint value and an air mass flow curve;
utilize a modified air mass flow curve when a valve lift of the internal combustion engine is changed;
wherein in order to adjust the pressure, the throttle valve is temporarily over or under adjusted relative to a final position for the pressure defined by the pressure setpoint value.
18. A system in accordance with claim 17, wherein in order to adjust the pressure, the throttle valve is moved from a first position having a first throttle valve angle to the final position, the final position comprising a second position having a second throttle valve angle, via a third position, the third position having a third throttle valve angle different than the first and second throttle valve angles.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A system stored in a non-transitory device executable by processor circuitry, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a search query from an advertiser device, the search query including one or more words;
an entity search engine device configured to:
execute the search query on an entity search database, the execution including identifying one or more word entries of a plurality of word and word combination entries stored in the entity search database that match the search query, the entity search database including:
a word data structure containing the plurality of word and word combination entries; and
an entity data structure containing a plurality of entity object entries, the plurality of word and word combination entries linking to the plurality of entity object entries according to manually generated links, automatically generated links, or both; and
communicate to the advertiser device one or more entity object identifications associated with one or more entity entries of the plurality of entity object entries, wherein the one or more entity entries link to the identified one or more word entries.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the automatically generated links are generated according to correlations determined from analytics data.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein manual generation of the manually generated links includes providing an opportunity for the advertiser to bid on the linking the one or more entity entries to the identified one or more word entries.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the entity search engine device is further configured to identify whether a bid on the search query includes a request to promote a sponsored search result associated with the search query and the bid.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the match occurs due to: the search query and a word or a word combination of the plurality of word and word combination entries having a same word or words, irrespective of order of the words; the search query and a word or word combination of the plurality of word and word combination entries having a substantially similar word or words; or both.
6. A system stored in a non-transitory device executable by processor circuitry, comprising:
first graphical user interface (GUI) circuitry configured to output entity object information, the entity object information including an entity title and an entity sponsor associated with an entity object;
second GUI circuitry configured to output at least one word or word combination linked to the entity object;
third GUI circuitry configured to:
output a first input field configured to receive a search term, the search term including the at least one word or word combination; and
output a second input field configured to receive a bid amount for the search term; and
fourth GUI circuitry configured to communicate the search term and the bid amount to the system.
7. The system of claim 6, further comprising fifth GUI circuitry configured to output at least one suggested word or word combination for linking to the entity object.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the fifth GUI circuitry is further configured to output an indication of an exclusivity right for the at least one suggested word or word combination and a corresponding suggested cost for the exclusivity right.
9. The system of claim 6, wherein the second GUI circuitry is further configured to output an indication of an exclusivity right for the at least one word or word combination and a corresponding cost for the exclusivity right.
10. The system of claim 6, wherein the bid amount, the search term, or both are received from a voice command input, a keyboard input, a keypad input, or a gesture selection input on the bid amount, search term, or both.
11. The system of claim 6, wherein the third GUI circuitry is further configured to output a third input field configured to receive a bid amount for increasing a probability that a search result associated with the search term is perceived.
12. The system of claim 6, wherein the third GUI circuitry is further configured to output an exclusivity bid amount upon receiving the search term, the exclusivity bid amount being an amount required to generate an exclusive link to the search term from the entity object.
13. The system of claim 6, wherein the third GUI circuitry is further configured to receive a request for an exclusive link to the search term from the entity object, and wherein the fourth GUI circuitry is further configured to communicate the request to the system.
14. The system of claim 6, further comprising fifth GUI circuitry configured to output an input field configured to receive an additional bid amount for the search term that leads to a conversion of ad content to an entity tray of the entity object.
15. A system stored in a non-transitory device executable by processor circuitry, comprising:
first graphical user interface (GUI) circuitry configured to output an advertiser name of an advertiser;
second GUI circuitry configured to output one or more search terms sponsored by the advertiser;
third GUI circuitry configured to output one or more suggested entities associated with the one or more sponsored search terms;
fourth GUI circuitry configured to:
output a first input field configured to receive a search term of the one or more sponsored search terms;
output a second input field configured to receive an entity name of an entity associated with an entity object of the one or more suggested entities;
output a third input field configured to:
receive a link request to link the search term and the entity; and
send the link request to the system, wherein link circuitry of the system is configured to determine whether to generate a corresponding link.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the search term includes one or more words.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein the search term is received from a voice command input, a keyboard input, or a keypad input.
18. The system of claim 15, wherein the fourth GUI circuitry is further configured to output a fourth input field configured to receive a bid amount for further emphasizing a search result associated with the search term.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the further emphasis includes changing positioning of the search result to increase a probability that the search result is perceived.
20. They system of claim 15, wherein the fourth GUI circuitry is further configured to output a fourth input field configured to:
receive an exclusivity request for an exclusive link to the search term from the entity object; and
send the exclusivity request to the system.

1. An internal combustion engine arrangement, comprising:
an internal combustion engine that can be operated with a gaseous fuel;
a pressure reducer adapted to reduce a gas pressure of the gaseous fuel that is fed to the internal combustion engine;
a first gaseous fuel line coupling the pressure reducer in a fluid-conducting manner on a high-pressure side to a gas tank adapted to store the gaseous fuel;
a second gaseous fuel line coupling the pressure reducer in the fluid-conducting manner on a low-pressure side to a controllable gas injection valve adapted to regulate a gas flow of the gaseous fuel that is fed to the internal combustion engine;
a controllable high-pressure shutoff valve that is arranged on the high-pressure side of the pressure reducer and coupled in the fluid-conducting manner to the pressure reducer and adapted to shut off the gas flow of the gaseous fuel that is fed from the gas tank to the pressure reducer, the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve comprising a pilot valve with a relatively small opening cross-sectional area and a main valve with a relatively large opening cross-sectional area; and
an electronic control device that adapted to control the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve and the controllable gas injection valve,
wherein, in order to assume operation of the internal combustion engine with the gaseous fuel or during a switchover from liquid fuel mode to gaseous fuel mode in the internal combustion engine that can be operated in a bivalent manner, controlled by the electronic control device, the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve is opened in a chronological order before the controllable gas injection valve.
2. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the controllable gas injection valve is opened according to a plurality of selectable time spans in the chronological order after the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve.
3. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the controllable gas injection valve is opened in the chronological order after the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve when detected with a pressure sensor that a gas pressure difference of a gaseous fuel upstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve and a gaseous fuel downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve has been equalized or fallen below a selectable gas pressure difference.
4. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 1, further comprising a bivalent internal combustion engine that can be operated with the gaseous fuel as a first fuel type and a liquid fuel as a second fuel type.
5. An internal combustion engine arrangement for driving a motor vehicle, comprising:
an internal combustion engine that can be operated with a gaseous fuel;
a pressure reducer adapted to reduce a gas pressure of the gaseous fuel that is fed to the internal combustion engine,
wherein the pressure reducer is connected in a fluid-conducting manner on a high-pressure side with a gaseous fuel line to a gas tank adapted to store the gaseous fuel, and
wherein the pressure reducer is connected in the fluid-conducting manner on a low-pressure side with a second gaseous fuel line to a controllable gas injection valve adapted to regulate a gas flow of the gaseous fuel that is fed to the internal combustion engine;
a controllable high-pressure shutoff valve that is arranged on the high-pressure side of the pressure reducer, connected in the fluid-conducting manner to the pressure reducer, and adapted to shut off the gas flow of the gaseous fuel that is fed from the gas tank to the pressure reducer,
wherein the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve comprises a pilot valve with a relatively small opening cross-sectional area and a main valve with a relatively large opening cross-sectional area; and
an electronic control device that is adapted to control the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve and the controllable gas injection valve, wherein the electronic control device is adapted to control an operation of the internal combustion engine in such a manner that in order to assume operation of the internal combustion engine with the gaseous fuel or during a switchover from a liquid fuel mode to a gaseous fuel mode in the internal combustion engine that can be operated in a bivalent manner, controlled by the electronic control device, the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve is opened in a chronological order before the controllable gas injection valve.
6. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the electronic control device is adapted to control an operation of the internal combustion engine arrangement such that the controllable gas injection valve is opened according to selectable time spans in the chronological order after the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve.
7. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the electronic control device is adapted to control an operation of the internal combustion engine such that the controllable gas injection valve is opened in the chronological order after the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve when detected with a pressure sensor that a gas pressure difference of a gaseous fuel upstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve and a gaseous fuel downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve has been equalized or has fallen below a selectable gas pressure difference.
8. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the gaseous fuel is Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
9. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 5, wherein an oil separator device that is adapted to separate a liquid oil constituent or a gaseous oil constituent in the gaseous fuel is arranged in the low-pressure side of the pressure reducer.
10. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 5, wherein a pressure sensor adapted to detect the gas pressure of the gaseous fuel upstream and the gaseous fuel downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve are arranged in each case upstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve and downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve.
11. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the internal combustion engine is adapted to operate with the gaseous fuel as a first fuel type and a liquid fuel as a second fuel type.
12. An internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the electronic control device is adapted to control the operation of the internal combustion engine such that when the switchover of the operation of the internal combustion engine is made from operation with the second fuel type to operation with the first fuel type, the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve is opened in the chronological order before the controllable gas injection valve.
13. The internal combustion engine arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the first fuel type is Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and the second fuel type is gasoline.
14. A method of operating an internal combustion engine that is operable in a bivalent manner with at least a gaseous fuel, comprising the steps of:
reducing a gas pressure of the gaseous fuel that is fed to the internal combustion engine with a pressure reducer;
regulating a gas flow of the gaseous fuel fed to the internal combustion engine with a controllable gas injection valve that is coupled to the pressure reducer with a gaseous fuel line on a low-pressure side and on a high-pressure side a second gaseous fuel line that couples the pressure reducer to a gas tank adapted to store the gaseous fuel;
shutting off the gas flow of the gaseous fuel that is fed from the gas tank to the pressure reducer with a controllable high-pressure shutoff valve that is arranged on the high-pressure side of the pressure reducer and coupled in a fluid-conducting manner to the pressure reducer, the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve comprising a pilot valve with a relatively small opening cross-sectional area and a main valve with a relatively large opening cross-sectional area; and
opening the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve in a chronological order before the controllable gas injection valve with an electronic control device in order to assume operation of the internal combustion engine with the gaseous fuel or during a switchover from liquid fuel mode to gaseous fuel mode in the internal combustion engine.
15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of opening the controllable gas injection valve according to selectable time spans in the chronological order after the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve.
16. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of controlling an operation of the internal combustion engine in such a manner that the controllable gas injection valve is opened in the chronological order after the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve when detected with a pressure sensor that a gas pressure difference of a gaseous fuel upstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve and a gaseous fuel downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve has been equalized or has fallen below a selectable gas pressure difference.
17. The method according to claim 14, wherein the gaseous fuel is Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
18. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of separating a liquid oil constituent or a gaseous oil constituent in the gaseous fuel with an oil separator device that is arranged in the low-pressure of the pressure reducer.
19. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of detecting with a sensor the gas pressure of the gaseous fuel upstream and the gaseous fuel downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve are arranged in each case upstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve and downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve.
20. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of operating the internal combustion engine with the gaseous fuel as a first fuel type and a liquid fuel as a second fuel type.
21. The method according to claim 20, further comprising the step of controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine with the electronic control device in such a manner that when the switchover of the operation of the internal combustion engine is made from operation with the second fuel type to operation with the first fuel type, the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve is opened in the chronological order before the controllable gas injection valve.
22. The method to claim 20, wherein the first fuel type is Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and the second fuel type is gasoline.
23. A computer readable medium embodying a computer program product, said computer program product comprising:
an internal combustion engine program, the internal combustion engine program configured to:
operate an internal combustion engine operable in a bivalent manner with at least a gaseous fuel;
reduce a gas pressure of the gaseous fuel that is fed to the internal combustion engine with a pressure reducer;
regulate a gas flow of the gaseous fuel fed to the internal combustion engine with a controllable gas injection valve that is coupled to the pressure reducer with a gaseous fuel line on a low-pressure side and on a high-pressure side a second gaseous fuel line that couples the pressure reducer to a gas tank adapted to store the gaseous fuel;
shut off the gas flow of the gaseous fuel that is fed from the gas tank to the pressure reducer with a controllable high-pressure shutoff valve that is arranged on a high-pressure side of the pressure reducer and coupled in a fluid-conducting manner to the pressure reducer, the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve comprising a pilot valve with a relatively small opening cross-sectional area and a main valve with a relatively large opening cross-sectional area; and
open the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve in a chronological order before the controllable gas injection valve with an electronic control device in order to assume operation of the internal combustion engine with the gaseous fuel or during a switchover from liquid fuel mode to gaseous fuel mode in the internal combustion engine.
24. The computer readable medium embodying the computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the internal combustion engine program is configured to open the controllable gas injection valve according to selectable time spans in the chronological order after the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve.
25. The computer readable medium embodying the computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the internal combustion engine program is further configured to control an operation of the internal combustion engine in such a manner that the controllable gas injection valve is opened in a chronological order after the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve when detected with a pressure sensor that a gas pressure difference of a gaseous fuel upstream of the high-pressure shutoff valve and a gaseous fuel downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve has been equalized or has fallen below a selectable gas pressure difference.
26. The computer readable medium embodying the computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the gaseous fuel is Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
27. The computer readable medium embodying the computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the internal combustion engine program is further configured to separate a liquid oil constituent or a gaseous oil constituent in the gaseous fuel with an oil separator device that is arranged in the low-pressure side of the pressure reducer.
28. The computer readable medium embodying the computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the internal combustion engine program is further configured to detect with a sensor the gas pressure of the gaseous fuel upstream and the gaseous fuel downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve are arranged in each case upstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve and downstream of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve.
29. The computer readable medium embodying the computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the internal combustion engine program is further configured to operate the internal combustion engine with the gaseous fuel as a first fuel type and a liquid fuel as a second fuel type.
30. The computer readable medium embodying the computer program product according to claim 29, wherein the internal combustion engine program is further configured to control the operation of the internal combustion engine with the electronic control device in such a manner that when the switchover of the operation of the internal combustion engine is made from operation with the second fuel type to operation with the first fuel type, the pilot valve of the controllable high-pressure shutoff valve is opened in the chronological order before the controllable gas injection valve.
31. The computer readable medium embodying the computer program product according to claim 29, wherein the first fuel type is Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and the second fuel type is gasoline.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

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1. A system for reading image information comprising:
an image information display member such as a poster; and
a mobile communication system for reading an image information portion of said image information display member, wherein said mobile communication system comprise:
a photographing portion which shoots at least information of said image information portion;
recording means for recording the shot image; and
a display portion which retrieves and displays any of the recorded information.
2. The system for reading image information according to claim 1, wherein photographing means includes said photographing portion, a digital camera, and a scanner.
3. The system for reading image information according to claim 1, wherein the image information stored in said recording means is structured to be transferred to a mobile communication system that another person carries andor to a system which has a function of a communication terminal.
4. The system for reading image information according to claim 1, wherein the image information stored in said recording means is structured to be connected to a net line from a local area network (LAN).
5. The system for reading image information according to claims 1 through 4, wherein the image information stored in said recording means can be recorded in a recording medium such as a server system.
6. The system for reading image information according to claim 1, wherein the image information stored in said recording means can be copied to a recording medium such as an FD, an MD or a DVD as well as P.P.
7. The system for reading image information according to claim 1 further comprising means for displaying a desired portion of the image information stored in said recording means in an enlarged manner at a time of outputting the image information.