Patent ID: 9664169
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B60W,F02D,F02N

Claim:
1. An engine start control system for a vehicle, comprising: a manual transmission having a clutch configured to interrupt power transmission to drive wheels from an engine by depression of a clutch pedal; a clutch upper switch configured to detect a pedal depression start operation by detecting a resting foot state on the clutch pedal from a foot released state from the clutch pedal; a clutch lower switch configured to detect a pedal depression terminating operation when the clutch pedal is depressed to an end position of the clutch pedal; and an engine start control unit configured to start the engine from a stopped state of the engine when a switch signal of the clutch upper switch indicates the pedal depression start operation and a switch signal of the clutch lower switch indicates the pedal depression terminating operation, and the engine start control unit being configured to prohibit starting of the engine, when the switch signal of the clutch upper switch indicates switching from the foot released state to the pedal depression start operation, in response to detection of the switch signal of the clutch lower switch indicating the pedal depression terminating operation.