Patent ID: 8033350

Claim:
A starting control apparatus mounted on a vehicle that has a vehicle configuration among plural vehicle configurations that include a first vehicle configuration for a normal vehicle having an engine as a driving force generator and a second vehicle configuration for a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor as a driving force generator, wherein the normal vehicle and the hybrid vehicle are different vehicles, the starting control apparatus comprising: a first storage unit that stores therein vehicle information indicative of the plural vehicle configurations including the first vehicle configuration and the second vehicle configuration; a second storage unit that stores therein computer program codes for executing plural starting controls in accordance with respective vehicle configurations including the first vehicle configuration and the second vehicle configuration; a discriminating unit that discriminates between the normal vehicle and the hybrid vehicle; and a control unit that selects the vehicle information corresponding to the vehicle based on a result of discrimination and executes a starting control of the vehicle based on the computer program codes corresponding to the selected vehicle information, wherein the discriminating unit is configured to receive a starting permission signal that indicates whether the vehicle can start, and to discriminate between the normal vehicle and the hybrid vehicle based on whether the starting permission signal is received from the vehicle.