Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha

Takashi Ue

Takayoshi Kawamoto

Keiji Ueminami

Sumiaki Hazama

Tadao Ohwaki

Yusuke Nomura

Akihiro Kanaoka

An apparatus includes a first switch turned ON in response to depression of a pedal, and OFF in response to depression being released; a second switch that assumes a first state in response to depression of the pedal, and a second state in response to pedal release; and a control unit that determines whether the first switch is in the first state. The control unit starts the engine, if in the first state and if the engine start switch is operated.

Vehicle start control apparatus

To display road situations on front left and front right sides of a vehicle, and so on without fail as a camera video image in an interior of the vehicle. In the case that a running speed of the vehicle is changed along an almost U-shaped line I as indicated by arrows, an image picked up by a vehicle-equipped camera is displayed on a monitor screen in the interior at a display starting speed Vd or less (an arrow B) and display of the monitor screen is executed surely at a speed Vmin or less (an arrow F) during the deceleration, while the display of the monitor screen is stopped at a non-displaying speed Vu or more (an arrow C) and the display of the monitor screen is stopped surely at a speed Vmax or more (an arrow E) during the acceleration.

Vehicle monitoring apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Ue