Patent ID: 8688328

Claim:
A movement control apparatus, comprising: a braking force control unit for controlling a braking force of a vehicle; a stop and hold control unit for holding the vehicle in a stop state via the braking force control unit; a driving force control unit for controlling a driving force of the vehicle; a start operation detector for detecting a start operation by a user; an acquisition unit for acquiring inclination of a road along which the vehicle moves; a start control unit that is configured to, when the start operation detector detects a start operation while the vehicle is held in the stop state by the stop and hold control unit: determine, based on the acquired inclination, a target driving force for suppressing movement of the vehicle on the road so that the target driving force is balanced with a force downward along the road, after the driving force control unit applies the target driving force to the vehicle, release the braking force via the braking force control unit to release holding the vehicle in the stop state, and responsive to releasing the braking force, increase the driving force via the driving force control unit to start the vehicle, wherein the start control unit maintains the vehicle, until the releasing of the braking force is completed, in a state where the vehicle is driven with the target driving force via the driving force control unit.