Patent ID: 7614377

Claim:
An engine control apparatus comprising a starter switch which is turned ON in starting an engine, a starting motor which has a pinion meshing with a ring gear of the engine and which is driven in starting the engine, a crankangle sensor which outputs a crankangle signal every predetermined rotational angle of a crankshaft, a cam sensor which outputs a signal in a predetermined pattern for performing a cylinder discrimination in correspondence with rotation of a camshaft that rotates at a predetermined rate to rotation of the crankshaft, and an engine control unit which has a function of performing an ignition control and a fuel control of the engine on the basis of, at least, the output signals of said crankangle sensor and said cam sensor, and a function of driving and controlling said starting motor on the basis of an input signal of said starter switch, wherein said engine control unit includes restart inhibition means for inhibiting power feed to said starting motor for a predetermined time period since change of said starter switch from “ON” to “OFF”, even when said starter switch turns ON again, and means for altering the predetermined time period in correspondence with a revolution speed of the engine at the change of said starter switch from the “ON” to the “OFF”.