Patent ID: 6997161
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: F02D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine, comprising: a characteristic change estimation unit that estimates a characteristic change in the internal combustion engine in accordance with a predetermined condition; and a control unit capable of correcting a control amount of the internal combustion engine to compensate for the characteristic change in the internal combustion engine in accordance with an estimation performed by the characteristic change estimation unit, wherein: the control unit determines a current operation state of the internal combustion engine and updates a correction amount when the current operation state of the internal combustion engine is a predetermined operation state, the control amount is based on the correction amount, and the predetermined operation state of the internal combustion engine is an operation state of the internal combustion engine having a characteristic that prevents an abrupt change in torque of the internal combustion engine when the control amount is corrected based on the updated correction amount.