Engine control unit

1. An engine control unit, which supports an antitheft system outputting, when a key ID registered in a portable device carried by a user of a moving object matches an authentication-purpose key ID registered in a receiver provided in the moving object, a receiver status signal that contains information indicating that the portable device has been authenticated, the engine control unit comprising:

starting control means for controlling a starting operation of an engine in response to a start permission signal;

storage means for registering an authentication-purpose receiver ID for authenticating the receiver when an antitheft function is installed to the moving object; and

antitheft function install/non-install judging means for judging whether or not the antitheft function is installed to the moving object,

wherein, when the authentication-purpose receiver ID is not registered in the storage means and the receiver status signal is not entered, the antitheft function install/non-install judging means judges that the antitheft function is not installed,

wherein, when the antitheft function install/non-install judging means judges that the antitheft function is not installed, the antitheft function install/non-install judging means outputs the start permission signal to the starting control means,

wherein, when the authentication-purpose receiver ID is registered in the storage means or the receiver status signal is entered, the antitheft function install/non-install judging means judges that the antitheft function is installed, and

wherein, when the antitheft function install/non-install judging means judges that the antitheft function is installed, the antitheft function install/non-install judging means does not output the start permission signal to the starting control means,

and the engine control unit further comprising a registering communication means for registering the authentication-purpose receiver ID in the storage means, wherein, when the authentication-purpose receiver ID is not registered in the storage means and the receiver status signal is entered, the registering communication means confirms that a system ID registered in the receiver and a system ID registered in the storage means each registered as a commonly used ID in the antitheft system match each other, and then registers a receiver ID registered in the receiver as the authentication-purpose receiver ID.

2. An engine control unit according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the authentication-purpose receiver ID is registered in the storage means, even if the receiver status signal is entered, the registering communication means avoids registering again the authentication-purpose receiver ID.

3. An engine control unit according to claim 1 , further comprising authenticating communication means for authenticating the receiver,

wherein, when the authentication-purpose receiver ID is registered in the storage means and authentication of the portable device is finished by the receiver, the authenticating communication means compares the receiver ID registered in the receiver with the authentication-purpose receiver ID, and outputs the start permission signal when the registered receiver ID matches the authentication-purpose receiver ID.

4. An engine control unit according to claim 1 , further comprising initializing communication means for erasing the authentication-purpose receiver ID registered in the storage means,

wherein, when an erasing request signal of the authentication-purpose receiver ID is entered from the receiver, the initializing communication means confirms that said system ID registered in the receiver and said system ID registered in the storage means each registered as said commonly used ID in the antitheft system match each other, and then erases the authentication-purpose receiver ID.

5. An engine control unit according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the engine control units are connected to the one receiver.