Patent ID: 7064292

Claim:
A grip heater control apparatus, comprising: a heater for generating heat by means of electric power supplied from a battery, the heater being provided in a grip of a steering handle of a vehicle having the battery; a heater temperature operator operated by a driver for adjusting a temperature of the heater; an operation signal output unit for outputting a signal corresponding to an operation of the heater temperature operator; a target electric energy setting unit for setting target electric energy to the heater according to the output of the operation signal output unit; a heater control unit for controlling the electric energy supplied to the heater from the battery to the target electric energy under at least a predetermined condition; an indicator for indicating at least an electrified condition of the heater; and an indication control unit for controlling an indication of the indicator, wherein the indicator is a single light emitter provided along with the heater temperature operator at an end of the grip and wherein the indication control unit includes a unit for executing an operating state indication control process including a process of variably setting a first predetermined cycle, which is a blinking cycle of the light emitter, according to the target electric energy set by the target electric energy setting unit in response to an operation of the heater temperature operator when operated and a process of blinking the light emitter in the set first predetermined cycle.