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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Michihiro Takata, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Masaharu Yuhara, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yuji Zushi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Even when, due to an abnormal decrease in the battery voltage, an engine control apparatus is inoperative, an engine can safely be started. Based on gearshift lever selection position information generated by a gearshift sensor (A), a first detection circuit () generates a first detection signal PSwhen the gearshift lever is in the neutral position or in the parking position; a microprocessor (A) is provided with a second detection means that generated a second detection signal PSwhen the gearshift lever is in the neutral position or in the parking position. Even when, due to an abnormal decrease in the voltage of a vehicle battery, the microprocessor (A) is inoperative, by ascertaining through the first detection signal PSthat the vehicle is in a state of not being driven, the engine can be started by means of a starting switch.