Device for controlling automatic start of engine mounted on vehicle with manual transmission

A device for controlling an automatic start of an engine mounted on a vehicle provided with a clutch producing two states including a transmitting state where a motive power is transmitted to a driving wheel of the vehicle from an output shaft of the engine by operating a clutch member operated by a driver and a blocking state where the motive power is blocked between the output shaft and the driving wheel by operating the clutch member operated by the driver, and a brake to stop wheels including the driving wheel from rotating by a braking operation of a brake member, the device comprising:

• an automatic restart processing adapted to restart the engine by driving a starter to perform cranking the engine, the automatic restart processing being performed when predetermined restart conditions are met during automatic stop of the engine;
• determining means for determining whether or not a transition of the state from the blocking state to the transmitting state occurs while the cranking is being performed, based on a state of the clutch member after the cranking is started by the automatic restart processing during the blocking state;
• and
• forced stopping means for forcibly stopping driving of the starter when the determining means determines the transition of the state, wherein
• the restart condition includes a condition in which the clutch member is operated to allow the state of the clutch to be the transmitting state during the blocking state and a condition in which the braking operation of the brake member is released during the blocking state.