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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Kouki Moriya, Aichi-gun, JP;
Jumpei Kakehi, Toyota, JP;
Hasrul Sany Bin Hashim, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a starter used for starting an engine and including an actuator performing an engagement operation with a pinion gear and a motor rotating the pinion gear that are separately controllable. When starting the engine by the user's key operation, a start request signal caused by the key operation is delayed in a delay circuit to output a control signal for driving the motor. When restarting an engine after the engine is automatically stopped, a malfunction detection unit detects a malfunction in the delay circuit based on a control signal for driving the actuator and the control signal for driving the motor.