Patent ID: 7230393

Claim:
A motor control apparatus that controls a motor, which is mounted on a vehicle and outputs power to a drive shaft linked to drive wheels, said motor control apparatus comprising: a skid detection module that detects a skid due to wheel spin of the drive wheels; a torque restriction control module that, in response to detection of a skid by said skid detection module, sets torque restriction for reduction of the skid and controls said motor under the torque restriction; and a torque restriction cancellation control module that, in response to at least a reducing tendency of the skid, cancels the torque restriction, which is set by said torque restriction control module, to a specific degree corresponding to a variation in a driver's accelerator operation, and controls said motor under at least partly cancelled torque restrictions, wherein the variation in driver's accelerator operation represents a rate of change relative to a reference accelerator operation at a time of detection of a skid by said skid detection module.