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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masaki Tanaka, Wako, JP;

Yoichi Yamashiro, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 29/02 (2006.01); G01L 5/00 (2006.01); B60L 9/18 (2006.01); B60L 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 29/02 (2013.01); B60L 3/08 (2013.01); B60L 9/18 (2013.01); G01L 5/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus includes: a data acquisition part that is configured to acquire torque data indicating a drive torque of an electric motor, rotation number data indicating a rotation number of the electric motor, and DC voltage data indicating a DC voltage supplied to an inverter which supplies an AC current to the electric motor; a determination basis derivation part that is configured to derive a determination basis based on a drive efficiency of the electric motor by using the torque data, the rotation number data, and the DC voltage data; and a control method determination part that is configured to determine, based on the determination basis, which one of a one-pulse control and a pulse-width modulation control is employed as a control method of the inverter.


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