Patent ID: 8084985

Claim:
A method for controlling an inverter that receives a DC voltage and supplies a polyphase current to a polyphase motor, the method comprising: (a) a step of detecting a rotating speed of said polyphase motor and a current value of an input current to said inverter; (b) a step of, when said rotating speed is less than a first speed threshold value, judging that an operation of said inverter is abnormal when said current value is equal to or more than a first current threshold value; and (c) a step of, when said rotating speed is equal to or more than said first speed threshold value, judging that an operation of said inverter is abnormal when said current value is equal to or more than a second current threshold value that is larger than said first current threshold value, wherein an operating region of said polyphase motor is represented with an upper limit of said current value with respect to said rotating speed, and when said rotating speed is less than a second speed threshold value, said upper limit takes a constant value, and when said rotating speed is equal to or more than said second speed threshold value, said upper limit increases as said rotating speed increases, and said first speed threshold value is less than said second speed threshold value, and said first current threshold value is larger than said constant value.