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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1989
Filed:
May. 23, 1986
Yutaka Otobe, Shiki, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of selectively and automatically adapting an electronic control unit for internal combustion engines, depending upon whether the engine has a manual or an automatic transmission. When the engine has the manual transmission, a first signal indicative of a shift lever position assumed by the manual transmission is always generated. When the engine has the automatic transmission, a second signal indicative of the shift lever position is generated when the automatic transmission assumes a neutral position or a parking position, and the first signal is generated when the automatic transmission assumes a position other than the neutral position or the parking position. When it is determined that the second signal is being generated, second control data is selected to control the operation of the engine, and when it is determined that the first signal is being generated and at the same time the starter is operating, first control data is selected to control the engine operation.