Method for operating an internal combustion engine, control unit, computer program product, computer program, and signal sequence

A control unit for operating an internal combustion engine, comprising:

• an input port configured to receive measured values about a parameter of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;
• a storage unit configured to store a time curve of the parameter of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;
• a computer unit configured to calculate a possible instant of a stoppage of the internal combustion engine upon an extrapolated stoppage of the crankshaft;
• and
• an output port configured to control a fuel supply and to inject fuel to fill a cylinder of the internal combustion engine shortly before the instant of the stoppage of the internal combustion engine and control an ignition of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine, wherein the cylinder has a combustible air/fuel mixture therein when the internal combustion is stopped to enable a subsequent start of the internal combustion engine.

A computer readable medium embodying a computer program product, said computer program product comprising:

• an operating program for operating an internal combustion engine, the operating program configured to:
• ascertain an instant of a stoppage of the internal combustion engine;
• and
• inject fuel to fill a cylinder of the internal combustion engine shortly before the instant of the stoppage of the internal combustion engine;
• wherein the cylinder has a combustible air/fuel mixture therein when the internal combustion engine is stopped to enable a subsequent start of the internal combustion engine.