Patent ID: 8255105

Claim:
A movement control device for controlling a motorized vehicle having moving means, the movement control device comprising: an operating part; a detecting part that detects a physical quantity based on a magnitude and direction of a force applied to the operating part; and a controller that drives the moving means based on the physical quantity detected by the detecting part and controls an amount of movement and a direction of movement of the motorized vehicle, wherein the controller is programmed to set start period from when the speed of the motorized vehicle is zero to when the speed of the motorized vehicle reaches a first speed and a maintained speed period during which the motorized vehicle is moving at a second speed that is higher than the first speed, and the controller controls the motorized vehicle so that the acceleration and turning angular acceleration of the motorized vehicle are equal to or lower than a predetermined value in the start period and maintained speed period, and wherein the controller controls the motorized vehicle so that an amount of movement of the motorized vehicle is proportional to an integration of the applied force outside the start period and the maintained speed period.