Patent ID: 7151325

Claim:
A remote start control apparatus, which is installed in a vehicle equipped with a start control apparatus, for fetching a predetermined code that is output based on a predetermined operation, for determining whether the predetermined code is a code unique to a vehicle and for, when the codes match, permitting the starting of machinery and which starts the machinery in accordance with an instruction signal received from a transmitter, comprising: a first storage unit for storing the code unique to the vehicle; a first supply unit for, upon receiving from the transmitter a start instruction signal for the machinery, supplying the code stored in the first storage unit to the start control apparatus; and a first memory control unit for, when a determination is made, based on a specific signal received from a theft detection unit for detecting a vehicle theft or another signal equivalent to the specific signal, that the vehicle has been stolen, either deleting the code stored in the first storage unit or rewriting the code.