Fuel pressure controller for internal combustion engine

A fuel pressure controller configured to control a fuel pressure of an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including a tank that stores fuel, a fuel injection valve that supplies fuel to a cylinder, a fuel passage that connects the tank to the fuel injection valve, a first electromagnetic valve that is provided in the fuel passage so as to selectively open and close the fuel passage, and a second electromagnetic valve that is provided in the fuel passage at a position downstream of the first electromagnetic valve in a flow direction of the fuel in the fuel passage, the second electromagnetic valve selectively opening and closing the fuel passage, the fuel pressure controller comprising processing circuitry configured to perform a fuel pressure reduction control, wherein

• the fuel pressure reduction control adjusts the fuel pressure such that the pressure of the fuel supplied to the fuel injection valve is lower than that before the fuel pressure reduction control is performed,
• the processing circuitry is configured to execute a first process, a second process, and a third process as the fuel pressure reduction control,
• the first process includes closing both the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve when an execution request for the fuel pressure reduction control is generated,
• the second process includes adjusting the pressure of the fuel supplied to the fuel injection valve by repeatedly performing an opening and closing operation of the second electromagnetic valve after the first process is executed, and
• the third process includes, when the fuel pressure in the fuel passage between the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve reaches a prescribed pressure after the second process is executed, stopping the opening and closing operation of the second electromagnetic valve to maintain the second electromagnetic valve in an open state, and repeatedly performing the opening and closing operation of the first electromagnetic valve to adjust the pressure of the fuel supplied to the fuel injection valve.