Patent ID: 8019524

Claim:
A control apparatus for a driving source mounted on a vehicle comprising: a plurality of first demand units that set one of a set of dynamic demand values and a set of static demand values concerning driving force of said vehicle; a first arbitration unit that collects the demand values set in said plurality of first demand units and arbitrating the demand values set by said plurality of first demand units so as to determine one demand value of the demand values set by said plurality of first demand units; a conversion unit that converts the demand value determined by said first arbitration unit into the other of said dynamic demand value and said static demand value by deriving the other of said dynamic demand value and said static demand value from the demand value determined by said first arbitration unit; a second demand unit that sets the other of said dynamic demand value and said static demand value; a second arbitration unit that collects the demand value converted by said conversion unit and the demand value set by said second demand unit and arbitrating the demand value converted by said conversion unit and the demand value set by said second demand unit so as to determine a demand value for use in control of said driving source from among the demand value converted by said conversion unit and the demand value set by said second demand unit; and a control unit that controls said driving source according to the demand value determined by said second arbitration unit.