Cylinder deactivation control method and apparatus for joint-control engine, and electronic device and storage medium

By using the concept of virtual cylinders in the first electronic control unit of the joint control engine, combining the cylinder information and torque data of the two, the cylinder breaking sequence is determined, and the problem of inconsistent number of interrupted cylinders of the dual ECU joint control engine is solved, and the accuracy of the cylinder breaking sequence and the stable operation of the engine are achieved.

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Application Number
PCT/CN2024/116702
Authority / Receiving Office
WO · WO
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Priority Date
2023-09-06
Filing Date
2024-09-04
Publication Date
2025-03-13

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Technical Problem

In a dual ECU joint control engine, the sum of the number of broken cylinders after rounding does not match the actual number of broken cylinders required, resulting in a disordered order of broken cylinders, which may cause the engine to stall or even damage.

Method used

By determining the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit as a virtual cylinder in the first electronic control unit, the cylinder breaking sequence is determined based on the cylinder information, the required torque and the current torque of both, and the cylinder is controlled to perform oil disconnection or injection based on this sequence.

Benefits of technology

It effectively avoids the sum of the number of cylinders that do not match the actual situation, ensures the accuracy of the cylinder order, and avoids the risk of engine shutdown or damage.

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Abstract

Disclosed are a cylinder deactivation control method and apparatus for a joint-control engine, and an electronic device and a storage medium. The method is applied to a first electronic control unit of a joint-control engine, and comprises: in response to receiving a torque reduction request carrying a demand torque, acquiring the current torque and cylinder information of cylinders corresponding to a second electronic control unit, and determining the cylinders corresponding to the second electronic control unit to be virtual cylinders of the first electronic control unit (101), wherein the second electronic control unit is an electronic control unit other than the first electronic control unit; on the basis of cylinder information of cylinders that the first electronic control unit is responsible for, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinders, the demand torque and the current torque, determining a cylinder deactivation sequence (102); and on the basis of the cylinder deactivation sequence, controlling the cylinders that the first electronic control unit is responsible for to perform fuel cut-off or fuel injection (103).
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Jointly controlled engine cylinder deactivation control method, device, electronic device and storage medium

[0001] This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the China Patent Office on September 6, 2023, with application number 202311145498.6, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application. Technical Field

[0002] The embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of vehicle engine control evaluation, for example, to a method, device, electronic device and storage medium for controlling cylinder deactivation of a linked engine. Background Art

[0003] With the continuous development of engine technology, different types of engines have emerged, and even linked control engines have appeared. For example, the V-type engine has two banks of cylinders, and the two banks of cylinders are completely independent in mechanical structure, with their own complete intake, exhaust, fuel supply, and ignition subsystems. Each bank of cylinders is controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU), forming a dual-ECU linked control architecture.

[0004] A crucial aspect of dual-ECU engine control is determining the number and order of cylinder deactivations when torque reduction is required. Currently, each ECU calculates the number of cylinders to be deactivated separately, rounding the calculations to the nearest integer. However, this rounded sum often mismatches the actual number of cylinders to be deactivated. Furthermore, the fuel cut-off and injection sequence determined by each ECU differs from the actual one, easily leading to a mismatch in the deactivation order, potentially causing engine stall or even damage.

[0005] Summary of the Invention

[0006] The embodiments of the present application provide a method, device, electronic device and storage medium for controlling cylinder deactivation of a linked engine to avoid a situation where the sum of the number of deactivated cylinders after rounding does not match the actual number of deactivated cylinders required.

[0007] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling cylinder deactivation in a linked-control engine, which is applied to a first electronic control unit of the linked-control engine. The method includes:

[0008] In response to receiving a torque reduction request including a required torque, obtaining current torque and cylinder information of a cylinder corresponding to a second electronic control unit, and determining the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit as a virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit, where the second electronic control unit is an electronic control unit other than the first electronic control unit;

[0009] Determine the cylinder deactivation sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque;

[0010] Based on the cylinder cut-off sequence, the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit is controlled to cut off oil or inject oil.

[0011] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a cylinder deactivation control device for a linked-control engine, which is applied to a first electronic control unit of the linked-control engine, comprising:

[0012] an acquisition module configured to, in response to receiving a torque reduction request carrying a required torque, acquire current torque and cylinder information of a cylinder corresponding to a second electronic control unit, and determine the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit as a virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit, where the second electronic control unit is an electronic control unit other than the first electronic control unit;

[0013] a cylinder deactivation sequence determination module configured to determine the cylinder deactivation sequence based on cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, required torque, and current torque;

[0014] The cylinder cut-off control module is configured to control the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit to cut off oil or inject oil based on the cylinder cut-off sequence.

[0015] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device, including:

[0016] one or more processors;

[0017] a storage device configured to store one or more programs,

[0018] When one or more programs are executed by one or more processors, the one or more processors implement the linked engine cylinder deactivation control method provided in any embodiment of the present application.

[0019] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the method for controlling cylinder deactivation of a linked engine as provided in any embodiment of the present application is implemented. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] FIG1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for controlling cylinder deactivation of a linked engine according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0021] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the working cylinder numbers of the dual-controlled engine cylinders provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0022] FIG3 is a schematic structural diagram of a linked engine cylinder deactivation control device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] FIG4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] FIG1 is a flow chart of a method for controlling cylinder deactivation in a linked-control engine according to an embodiment of the present application. This embodiment is applicable to scenarios where cylinder deactivation in a linked-control engine is controlled. The method can be executed by any electronic control unit (ECU) in the linked-control engine. The device can be implemented in hardware and / or software and can generally be integrated into an electronic device such as a computer with data computing capabilities. The method includes the following steps:

[0025] Step 101: When a torque reduction request carrying a required torque is received, obtain the current torque and cylinder information of the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit, and determine the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit as a virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit.

[0026] In this step, the second electronic control unit refers to the other electronic control unit in the joint control engine except the first electronic control unit. Most joint control engines are dual-joint control engines, that is, there are two electronic control units. Then the other electronic control unit except the first electronic control unit is the second electronic control unit in this step.

[0027] Of course, the method of this embodiment is described from the perspective of one electronic control unit in the joint-controlled engine, and the second electronic control unit also implements cylinder cut-off control according to the method of this embodiment.

[0028] It should be noted that the cylinder information may include the physical cylinder number and the working cylinder number of the cylinder, wherein the physical cylinder number refers to the sequence number defined based on the mechanical distribution of the cylinder, and the working cylinder number is the sequence number of the actual injection and ignition.

[0029] In addition, the working cylinder number is usually related to the mechanical structure of the engine and is usually predefined. Therefore, this step can directly obtain the working cylinder number from the corresponding storage location.

[0030] If the total number of cylinders in the joint control engine is N cyl Taking a dual-control engine as an example, in order to distinguish the two ECUs, they can be defined as the main ECU and the slave ECU respectively. Then the physical cylinder number of the cylinder responsible for the main ECU is The physical cylinder number of the cylinder that the slave ECU is responsible for is

[0031] It should be noted that the main and auxiliary ECUs communicate through a private control area network (CAN) to transmit cylinder information to each other.

[0032] If the first electronic control unit is the master ECU, then the cylinder in charge of the slave ECU is used as the virtual cylinder. Correspondingly, the physical cylinder numbers of all cylinders corresponding to the master ECU are in, The physical cylinder number of the virtual cylinder.

[0033] Taking a dual-control engine with each ECU responsible for four cylinders as an example, the physical cylinder numbers for the master ECU are 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the physical cylinder numbers for the slave ECU are 5, 6, 7, and 8. In this example, the injection and ignition sequence for multiple cylinders is shown in Figure 2, which is a schematic diagram of the working cylinder numbers for the dual-control engine provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0034] As shown in Figure 2, Bank refers to the cylinders in the engine. The physical cylinder numbers of the cylinders are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 from left to right and from top to bottom. Working cylinder number 1 corresponds to physical cylinder number 1, working cylinder number 2 corresponds to physical cylinder number 5, working cylinder number 3 corresponds to physical cylinder number 4, working cylinder number 4 corresponds to physical cylinder number 8, working cylinder number 5 corresponds to physical cylinder number 6, working cylinder number 6 corresponds to physical cylinder number 3, working cylinder number 7 corresponds to physical cylinder number 7, and working cylinder number 8 corresponds to physical cylinder number 2.

[0035] Step 102 : Determine a cylinder deactivation sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque, and the current torque.

[0036] In this step, the formula for calculating the number of cylinder cutoffs can be used first to determine the number of cylinder cutoffs based on the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque; then the cylinder cutoff order can be determined based on the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the preset cylinder cutoff distribution rules and the number of cylinder cutoffs.

[0037] Among them, when determining the number of cylinders to be cut off, the total number of cylinders of the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit and the virtual cylinders can be determined based on the cylinder information of the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit and the cylinder information of the virtual cylinders; then the formula for calculating the number of cylinders to be cut off can be used to determine the currently required number of cylinders to be cut off based on the total number of cylinders, the required torque and the current torque.

[0038] For example, since the cylinder information includes the physical cylinder number, the total number of cylinders can be determined by counting the number of physical cylinder numbers. In the above example, the physical cylinder number corresponding to the main ECU is Then there are N cyl Cylinders, the total number of cylinders is N cyl .

[0039] In addition, the formula for calculating the number of cylinder cutoffs is:

[0040] Among them, N cutnum is the number of cylinder cut-offs, x is the number of engine working cycles contained in a single control cycle, N cyl is the total number of cylinders, Tq needis the required torque, Tq act is the current torque.

[0041] Taking the above-mentioned dual-control eight-cylinder engine as an example, the total number of cylinders is 8, the number of working cycles is 2, the required torque is 13a, and the current torque is 16a, where 13a and 16a are exemplary values.

[0042] Substituting the above values ​​into the formula for calculating the number of cylinder cut-offs, we can get a value of 3.

[0043] It should be noted that the above x value can be customized according to needs. After experiments, x can be 2 in this embodiment.

[0044] In addition, when determining the cylinder cut-off sequence, the cylinder injection sequence can be determined first based on the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit and the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder; then the cylinder cut-off sequence can be determined based on the preset cylinder cut-off distribution rules, the number of cylinders cut off and the cylinder injection sequence.

[0045] The cylinder information includes the working cylinder number of the cylinder, which is the cylinder injection order. Taking the above-mentioned dual-control eight-cylinder engine as an example, the working cylinder numbers of the cylinders (bank) responsible by the main ECU are 1, 3, 6, and 8, and the working cylinder numbers of the virtual cylinders of the main ECU are 2, 4, 5, and 7. The virtual cylinders are only used to participate in calculations, and the working cylinder numbers of the cylinder cut-off control period are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; the working cylinder numbers of the cylinders (bank) responsible by the slave ECU are 2, 4, 5, and 7. The working cylinder numbers of the virtual cylinders of the slave ECU are 1, 3, 6, and 8. The virtual cylinders are only used to participate in calculations, and the working cylinder numbers of the cylinder cut-off control period are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

[0046] The cylinder cut-off control cycle is the cylinder injection sequence in the cycle, and the two are kept consistent, which can avoid cylinder cut-off control confusion.

[0047] In addition, it should be noted that when determining the cylinder injection sequence, the cylinder number of the current working cylinder can also be obtained by referring to the current working cylinder, and the cylinder number is used as the cycle starting cylinder number to determine the cylinder injection sequence.

[0048] If the working cylinder number of the current working cylinder is 3, then the working cylinder numbers of the aforementioned cylinder cut-off control cycle are 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2.

[0049] Furthermore, when determining the cylinder deactivation sequence, a pre-defined cylinder deactivation distribution rule is established to evenly distribute deactivated and normally operating cylinders to ensure consistent engine torque output. Furthermore, determining the specific cylinder numbers for deactivating injection can be referenced in related art and will not be further elaborated here.

[0050] Taking the aforementioned dual-control eight-cylinder engine as an example, the cylinder cut-off sequence determined by the main ECU is: cylinder number 1 does not spray fuel, cylinder number 2 sprays fuel, cylinder number 3 sprays fuel, cylinder number 4 sprays fuel, cylinder number 5 sprays fuel, cylinder number 6 does not spray fuel, cylinder number 7 sprays fuel, cylinder number 8 sprays fuel, cylinder number 1 sprays fuel, cylinder number 2 sprays fuel, cylinder number 3 sprays fuel, cylinder number 4 does not spray fuel, cylinder number 5 sprays fuel, cylinder number 6 sprays fuel, cylinder number 7 sprays fuel, and cylinder number 8 sprays fuel. Among them, the cylinders corresponding to cylinder number 2, cylinder number 4, cylinder number 5, and cylinder number 7 are virtual cylinders, and the oil cut-off and oil injection actions are not sent to the actuator.

[0051] After the same steps as above, the slave ECU determines the cylinder cut-off sequence as follows: cylinder number 1 does not spray oil, cylinder number 2 sprays oil, cylinder number 3 sprays oil, cylinder number 4 sprays oil, cylinder number 5 sprays oil, cylinder number 6 does not spray oil, cylinder number 7 sprays oil, cylinder number 8 sprays oil, cylinder number 1 sprays oil, cylinder number 2 sprays oil, cylinder number 3 sprays oil, cylinder number 4 does not spray oil, cylinder number 5 sprays oil, cylinder number 6 sprays oil, cylinder number 7 sprays oil, and cylinder number 8 sprays oil. Among them, the cylinders corresponding to cylinder number 1, cylinder number 3, cylinder number 6, and cylinder number 8 are virtual cylinders, and the oil cut-off and oil injection actions are not sent to the actuator.

[0052] Because the primary and secondary ECUs consider each other's bank's cylinder deactivation count when calculating the cylinder deactivation count, the cylinder deactivation count calculated by each ECU is the total cylinder deactivation count and is consistent with the correct cylinder deactivation count. This ensures that the cylinder deactivation count and deactivation sequence calculated by both ECUs are consistent and match the correct cylinder deactivation count and sequence, eliminating the need for adaptation and modification of the underlying control system for this function, significantly reducing its complexity.

[0053] Step 103 : Control the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit to cut off fuel or inject fuel based on the cylinder cut-off sequence, so as to implement cylinder cut-off control of the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit.

[0054] In this step, the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit only need to be controlled according to the aforementioned cylinder deactivation sequence, without the need to control the virtual cylinders.

[0055] In this embodiment, when a torque reduction request with a required torque is received, the current torque and the cylinder information of the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit are obtained, and the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit is determined as the virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit; the cylinder deactivation order is determined based on the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque, and the current torque; based on the cylinder deactivation order, the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit is controlled to cut off oil or inject oil, so as to achieve cylinder deactivation control of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit. Based on this, when determining the cylinder deactivation order, the present application will take into account the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit and include it in the determination process as a virtual cylinder, thereby avoiding the situation where the number of deactivated cylinders that may be generated by separate calculations does not match the actual number.

[0056] Please refer to Figure 3, which is a schematic diagram of the structure of a linked-control engine cylinder deactivation control device provided in an embodiment of the present application. The linked-control engine cylinder deactivation control device provided in an embodiment of the present application can execute the linked-control engine cylinder deactivation control method provided in any embodiment of the present application, and possesses the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method. The device can be implemented in software and / or hardware. As shown in Figure 3, the linked-control engine cylinder deactivation control device includes: an acquisition module 301, a cylinder deactivation sequence determination module 302, and a cylinder deactivation control module 303.

[0057] The acquisition module is configured to, upon receiving a torque reduction request carrying a required torque, acquire the current torque and cylinder information of the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit, and determine the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit as the virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit;

[0058] a cylinder deactivation sequence determination module configured to determine the cylinder deactivation sequence based on cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, required torque, and current torque;

[0059] The cylinder cut-off control module is configured to control the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit to cut off oil or inject oil based on the cylinder cut-off sequence, so as to realize the cylinder cut-off control of the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit.

[0060] The cylinder cut-off sequence determination module includes:

[0061] a cylinder deactivation number determination unit configured to determine the cylinder deactivation number based on the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque, and the current torque using a cylinder deactivation number calculation formula;

[0062] The cylinder deactivation sequence determining unit is configured to determine the cylinder deactivation sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the preset cylinder deactivation distribution rule, and the number of deactivated cylinders.

[0063] The cylinder cut-off quantity determination unit includes:

[0064] a cylinder total number determination subunit, configured to determine the total number of cylinders responsible for the first electronic control unit and the virtual cylinders according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit and the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder;

[0065] The cylinder cutoff number determination subunit is set to use the cylinder cutoff number calculation formula to determine the currently required cylinder cutoff number based on the total number of cylinders, the required torque and the current torque.

[0066] Figure 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 4, the electronic device includes a processor 410, a memory 420, an input device 430, and an output device 440; the number of processors 410 in the electronic device can be one or more, and Figure 4 takes one processor 410 as an example; the processor 410, memory 420, input device 430, and output device 440 in the electronic device can be connected via a bus or other means, and Figure 4 takes connection via a bus as an example.

[0067] Memory 420, as a computer-readable storage medium, can be used to store software programs, computer-executable programs, and modules, such as the program instructions / modules corresponding to the linked-control engine cylinder deactivation control method in the embodiments of the present application. Processor 410 executes the software programs, instructions, and modules stored in memory 420 to perform various electronic device functions and data processing, thereby implementing the linked-control engine cylinder deactivation control method.

[0068] That is, when a torque reduction request is received, the current torque and cylinder information of the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit are obtained, and the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit is determined as the virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit;

[0069] Determine the cylinder deactivation sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque;

[0070] Based on the cylinder cut-off sequence control, the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit are cut off from fuel or injected, so as to realize the cylinder cut-off control of the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit.

[0071] The memory 420 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system and applications required for at least one function; the data storage area may store data created based on the use of the terminal, etc. In addition, the memory 420 may include a high-speed random access memory and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage device. In some instances, the memory 420 may further include a memory remotely located relative to the processor 410, and these remote memories may be connected to the electronic device via a network. Examples of the above-mentioned network include, but are not limited to, the Internet, an intranet, a local area network, a mobile communication network, and combinations thereof.

[0072] The input device 430 may be configured to receive input electrical construction drawings and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the electronic device. The output device 440 may include a display device such as a display screen.

[0073] The present application also provides a storage medium containing computer-executable instructions. When executed by a computer processor, the computer-executable instructions are configured to execute a method for controlling cylinder deactivation in a linked engine. The method includes:

[0074] When receiving a torque reduction request carrying a required torque, obtaining the current torque and cylinder information of the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit, and determining the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit as a virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit;

[0075] Determine the cylinder deactivation sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque;

[0076] Based on the cylinder cut-off sequence control, the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit are cut off from fuel or injected, so as to realize the cylinder cut-off control of the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit.

[0077] Of course, the storage medium containing computer-executable instructions provided in an embodiment of the present application is not limited to the above method operations, and its computer-executable instructions can also execute related operations in the joint control engine cylinder deactivation control method provided in any embodiment of the present application.

[0078] Through the above description of the implementation method, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present application can be implemented with the help of software and necessary general hardware, and of course it can also be implemented by hardware. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the relevant technology, can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer's floppy disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory (FLASH), hard disk or optical disk, etc., including a number of instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods of multiple embodiments of the present application. The computer-readable storage medium can be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

[0079] It is worth noting that in the embodiment of the above-mentioned search device, the multiple units and modules included are only divided according to functional logic, but are not limited to the above-mentioned division, as long as the corresponding functions can be achieved; in addition, the specific names of the multiple functional units are only for the convenience of distinguishing each other, and are not used to limit the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

1. A cylinder cut-off control method for a linked control engine, applied to a first electronic control unit of the linked control engine, the method comprising: In response to receiving a torque reduction request carrying a required torque, obtaining the current torque and cylinder information of a cylinder corresponding to a second electronic control unit, and determining the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit as a virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit; the second electronic control unit is an electronic control unit other than the first electronic control unit; Determine a cylinder cut-off sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque; Based on the cylinder cut-off sequence, the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit is controlled to cut off fuel or inject fuel.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The determining of the cylinder cut-off sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque includes: Determine the number of cylinder cutoffs by using a cylinder cutoff number calculation formula according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque; The cylinder deactivation sequence is determined according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the preset cylinder deactivation distribution rule, and the number of deactivated cylinders.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The method of using a cylinder cutoff number calculation formula to determine the cylinder cutoff number according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque includes: Determine the total number of cylinders of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit and the virtual cylinder according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit and the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder; The cylinder cut-off number calculation formula is used to determine the currently required cylinder cut-off number according to the total number of cylinders, the required torque and the current torque.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: The calculation formula for the number of cylinder disconnections is: Among them, N cutnum is the number of cylinder cut-offs, x is the number of engine working cycles contained in a single control cycle, N cyl is the total number of cylinders, Tq need is the required torque, Tq act is the current torque.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein: The determining the cylinder deactivation sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the preset cylinder deactivation distribution rule, and the number of cylinder deactivations includes: Determining a cylinder injection sequence according to cylinder information of a responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit and cylinder information of the virtual cylinder; The cylinder cut-off sequence is determined according to the preset cylinder cut-off distribution rule, the number of cylinder cut-offs and the cylinder injection sequence.

6. A cylinder cut-off control device for a joint-control engine, applied to a first electronic control unit of a joint-control engine, comprising: an acquisition module, configured to, in response to receiving a torque reduction request carrying a required torque, acquire the current torque and cylinder information of a cylinder corresponding to a second electronic control unit, and determine the cylinder corresponding to the second electronic control unit as a virtual cylinder of the first electronic control unit; the second electronic control unit is an electronic control unit other than the first electronic control unit; a cylinder cut-off sequence determining module, configured to determine the cylinder cut-off sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque; The cylinder cut-off control module is configured to control the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit to cut off oil or Oil spray.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein: The cylinder cut-off sequence determination module includes: a cylinder cutoff number determination unit, configured to determine the cylinder cutoff number according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the required torque and the current torque by using a cylinder cutoff number calculation formula; The cylinder cut-off sequence determining unit is configured to determine the cylinder cut-off sequence according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinder of the first electronic control unit, the cylinder information of the virtual cylinder, the preset cylinder cut-off distribution rule, and the number of cylinder cut-offs.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein: The cylinder cut-off quantity determining unit comprises: a cylinder total number determination subunit, configured to determine the total number of cylinders of the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit and the virtual cylinders according to the cylinder information of the responsible cylinders of the first electronic control unit and the cylinder information of the virtual cylinders; The cylinder cutoff number determination subunit is configured to use the cylinder cutoff number calculation formula to determine the currently required cylinder cutoff number according to the total number of cylinders, the required torque and the current torque.

9. An electronic device, comprising: one or more processors; a storage device configured to store one or more programs, When the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors implement the joint control engine cylinder cut-off control method as described in any one of claims 1-5.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for controlling cylinder deactivation of a linked engine control system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 is implemented.

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