Control method for idling speed of an engine

Claim 1

A control method for the idling speed of an engine by providing valve means for regulating the suction air quantity of the engine and feedback of the control value of said valve means so that the actual idling speed becomes an objective speed, said method comprising the steps of: monitoring pertinent variables indicating the load operation state of the engine; setting, from said load operation state, a control value correction quantity of said valve means in accordance with the engine speed at the time of transition to the idling state in the process of transition to feedback control of the idling speed; setting an initial control value by applying said control value correcting quantity to a learned value of said valve means learned during the preceding feedback control; maintaining a predetermined time the control value of the valve means at said initial control value; thereafter causing the valve control value to converge to a specific offset value with respect to said learned value at a variation rate set in accordance with the engine speed at the time of transition to said idling state; and resuming feedback control at that time.