Patent ID: 8618681

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling an inverter generator having a generator unit driven by an engine, a converter connected to the generator unit and adapted to convert an alternating current outputted from the generator unit to a direct current, and an inverter connected to the converter and adapted to invert the direct current outputted from the converter to an alternating current and output it to an electric load, comprising: an overload condition detector adapted to detect an overload condition based on the alternating current outputted from the inverter to the electric load; an output stopper adapted to stop outputting from the inverter to the electric load with the engine being kept operating when the overload condition is detected; a release command outputter adapted to output a release command to release a stop condition where the outputting to the electric load is stopped upon manipulation by an operator; and an output restarter adapted to restart the outputting to the electric load by releasing the stop condition when the release command is outputted by the release command outputter.