Patent ID: 8016723

Claim:
A vehicle engine control apparatus comprising: a shift operation detecting component configured to detect a shift position resulting from a manual shift operation of a manual transmission connected to an engine; a vehicle speed detecting component configured to detect a vehicle speed; a transmission input side rotational speed computing component configured to compute an input side transmission rotational speed value based on the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting component and a gear ratio determined based on the shift position detected by the shift operation detecting component; a driving intent determining component configured to determine a driver's driving intention; and a rotational speed synchronization control component configured to perform rotational speed synchronization control by controlling an engine rotational speed towards a target engine rotational speed based on a first target engine rotational speed value that is equal to the input side transmission rotational speed value when a clutch is disconnected with the driving intent determining component having not determined that the driver's driving intention indicates a deceleration intention, and based on a second target engine rotational speed value that is smaller than the input side transmission rotational speed value when the clutch is disconnected with the driving intent determining component determining that the driver's driving intention indicates the deceleration intention.