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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Hitoshi Hasegawa, Shizuokai-ken, JP;
Yuuichirou Sawada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Michiyasu Takahashi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Hasegawa, Shizuokai-ken, JP;
Yuuichirou Sawada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Michiyasu Takahashi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an engine start control method and an engine start control apparatus which can judge cell starting and kick starting with a simple constitution to perform optimum engine start according the respective starting. The engine start control method and the engine start control apparatus have a cell starting program at the time when an engine is started by a cell motor and a human power starting program at the time when the engine is started by a human power, detect a difference between a battery voltage at the time of engine stop and a battery voltage at the time of commencement of engine start, and starts the engine in accordance with the cell starting program if this difference is larger than a predetermined value and starts the engine in accordance with the human power starting program if the difference is smaller than the predetermined value.