Method for operating an internal combustion engine

A program comprising:

• instructions recorded on a computer-readable medium for carrying out a method for operating an internal combustion engine including an engine of a motor vehicle when said program is executed on a computing apparatus and the method including the steps of:
• injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber either in a first operating mode during a compression phase or in a second operating mode during an induction phase;
• switching over between the two operating modes;
• controlling the operating variables, which influence the outputted torque of the engine differently in the two operating modes in dependence upon the requested torque (mi);
• and,
• determining the fuel mass (mkstrat), which is to be injected in the first operating mode, in dependence upon a lambda controller factor (LFhom) of the second operating mode and in dependence upon additional operating parameters of the engine which form the basis of the injections of the second operating mode.

An internal combustion engine including an engine for a motor vehicle, the engine comprising:

• an injection valve with which fuel can be injected directly into a combustion chamber of the engine, either in a first operating mode during a compression phase, or in a second operating mode during an induction phase;
• a control apparatus for switching over between the two modes of operation and for controlling the operating variables, which influence the outputted torque of the engine, differently in the two operating modes in dependence upon a requested torque (mi);
• and,
• said control apparatus including means for determining the fuel mass (mkstrat), which is to be injected in the first operating mode, in dependence upon a lambda controller factor (LFhom) of the second operating mode and in dependence upon the additional operating parameters of the engine which form the basis of the injections of the second operating mode.