Patent ID: 7894964

Claim:
An engine control apparatus for a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, the engine control apparatus comprising: a clutch release detecting component configured to detect when a clutch arranged between an engine and the manual transmission has been released to prevent rotation from being transferred from the engine to the manual transmission when the manual transmission is being shifted; a time measuring component configured to measure an amount of time that elapses after the clutch is released; and a rotational speed synchronization control component configured to start rotational speed synchronization control upon the clutch being released and a prescribed delay time having elapsed since the clutch was released, the rotational speed synchronization control component being configured to perform the rotational speed synchronization control such that before shifting is completed, an engine rotational speed of the engine matches a predicted input rotational speed of the manual transmission being determined based on a vehicle speed and a gear position that is occurring before shifting is completed, and after shifting is completed, the engine rotational speed of the engine matches the predicted input rotational speed of the manual transmission being determined based on the vehicle speed and the gear position that is occurring after shifting is completed.