Patent ID: 8102249

Claim:
A starting control apparatus for carrying out starting control of a vehicle, comprising: a judging portion which judges whether an immobilizer device which controls permission of starting of an engine based on verification of a specific identification code is provided in the vehicle or not, and, when it is judged that the immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle, judging the type of the immobilizer device provided in the vehicle; and an output portion which outputs information indicating that the immobilizer device is not provided in the vehicle when the judging portion judges that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle and outputs information indicating the type of the immobilizer device when it is judged in the judging portion that the immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle, wherein the judging portion judges the type of the immobilizer device based on whether the starting control apparatus receives a signal sent from the immobilizer device through an in-vehicle communication network connected to an electronic device for controlling the engine or through a local communication network unconnected to the electronic device.