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1. An engine control apparatus for use with a system equipped with an engine and an engine starter, the engine starter including an electrical motor which is electrically energized to produce torque, a pinion gear to which the torque, as produced by the motor, is transmitted, and a pinion shifter which thrusts the pinion to a location where the pinion is engageable with a ring gear coupled with a crankshaft of the engine, comprising:
a pulsation determiner which works to determine a pulsation parameter which represents one of a pulsating component contained in a rotational speed of the engine and a value correlating with the pulsating component; and a cranking controller which works to thrust the pinion using the pinion shifter to establish engagement with the ring gear and then rotate the electrical motor to crank the engine, said cranking controller altering a cranking terminating time, the craning terminating time being when a cranking operation of the engine starter to crank the engine is terminated as a function of the pulsation parameter. |
