Patent ID: 8457855
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: B60K,B60W

Abstract:
1. An accelerator reaction force control apparatus comprising: an accelerator position detecting device that detects an accelerator device position; and a reaction force varying device that varies a reaction force of an accelerator device, the reaction force varying device increasing the reaction force of the accelerator device beyond a base reaction force corresponding to the accelerator device position in response to the accelerator device position being equal to or larger than a prescribed reaction force increase threshold, the reaction force varying device decreasing the reaction force of the accelerator device toward the base reaction force at a reaction force decrease rate to return to the base reaction force in response to the accelerator device position becoming equal to or smaller than a prescribed reaction force increase cancellation threshold after the reaction force has been increased beyond the base reaction force, and the reaction force varying device further varying the reaction force decrease rate based on an accelerator device position change condition indicating a rate at which the accelerator device moves past the reaction force increase cancellation threshold at a time as the accelerator device position becomes equal to or smaller than the reaction force increase cancellation threshold.