Patent ID: 8240289

Claim:
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, the control apparatus comprising: a plurality of required torque output means for outputting the required torque, each of which outputs a required torque on the basis of its own purpose to the internal combustion engine; sensitivity judgment means for judging, on the basis of an after-consolidation required torque, whether a sensitivity of throttle opening variation corresponding to torque variation is higher than a reference value, the after-consolidation required torque being determined by consolidating the required torques output from the plurality of required torque output means; and throttle opening calculation means, for calculating when the sensitivity is judged to be higher than the reference value, calculates a throttle opening by consolidating a first required throttle opening and a second required throttle opening, the first required throttle opening being determined by converting the most fluctuant one of the plurality of required torques to a throttle opening, the second required throttle opening being determined by consolidating the remaining required torques and converting the resulting consolidated required torque to a throttle opening.