Patent Document ID: 7844404
Application ID: 12336937
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for estimating the torque value of an engine, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining initial variable values, each initial variable value pertaining to one of a plurality of initial variables pertaining to the engine; generating corrected variable values from the initial variable values, each corrected variable value pertaining to a corrected variable that represents two or more of the initial variables; determining, using a processor, an initial torque value using the corrected variable values, the initial torque value representing a steady state condition of the engine; determining, using the processor, a corrected torque value using the initial torque values using a phase compensation technique, the corrected torque value representing a transient state of the engine; and determining, using the processor, a torque measure using the corrected torque value and one or more of the initial variable values.