Patent ID: 8212502
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle mounted with first and second electric motors and a power storage device configured to be able to supply and receive electric power to and from said first and second electric motors, said control apparatus comprising: first and second control units for driving and controlling said first and second electric motors respectively; a communication path for communicating data between said first and second control units; an estimation unit estimating an input/output electric power of said first electric motor at the same timing as an input/output electric power of said second electric motor, based on data about said first electric motor that is obtained by said first control unit and by correcting a communication delay time in said communication path when the data is transmitted from said first control unit to said second control unit; and an electric power balance control unit for restricting, by said second control unit, a sum of the input/output electric power of said first electric motor and the input/output electric power of said second electric motor within a predetermined range, using an input/output electric power estimate of said first electric motor that is determined by said estimation unit.