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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1978
Matuju Yoshida, Bisai, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for initializing the operating condition of a computer mounted on a vehicle. The computer is programed to perform calculating operations required to control the operation of the vehicle in accordance with a preestablished operating sequence. An initializing pulse is produced in response to the start of supplying the electric power of a battery and applied to the computer so that the computer is initialized to perform the required operations. Another initializing pulse is produced in response to the end of cranking the engine mounted on the vehicle and applied to the computer to initialize again. Initializing the computer after cranking the engine prevents the computer from stopping the operation, the stoppage of which is likely to be caused by an electric noise signal produced at the end of cranking the engine.