Patent ID: 7462953

Claim:
A control system for starting an engine, the control system comprising: a user ID verifying means that verifies a user ID stored in a security key of a user; a device control means that switches a specific device to be one of operatable and non-operatable; a device command means that transmits a lock releasing signal to the device control means to set the specific device operatable when the user ID verifying means authenticates the user ID; an operation prohibiting means that outputs an operation prohibiting signal, which can be switched between a prohibition setting condition and a prohibition releasing condition; a control command means that switches the operation prohibiting signal to be in the prohibition releasing condition after the specific device changes to be operatable; a starting control means that starts the engine when the operation prohibiting signal is in the prohibition releasing condition, the starting control means prohibiting the engine from starting when the operation prohibiting signal is in the prohibition selling condition; a prenotification storage portion that stores prenotifying information of releasing prohibition of the engine operation in an interval, wherein the interval is subsequent to that the device command means commands the specific device to be operatable, and the interval is in advance of that The control command means switches the operation prohibiting signal to be in the prohibition releasing condition; and a continuation control means that controls stopping the engine and continuing the engine operation in accordance with information stored in the prenotification storage portion when the operation prohibiting signal changes from the prohibition releasing condition to be in the prohibition selling condition after the starting control means starts the engine, wherein the prenotifying information is an indication that the device command means has transmitted the lock releasing signal to the device control means to set the specific device operatable.