Patent ID: 8670913

Claim:
An accelerator pedal force control device comprising: an accelerator opening sensing section that senses an accelerator opening; and a control unit comprising a base pedaling force setting section that sets a base pedaling force of an accelerator pedal of a vehicle in a manner that the base pedaling force increases with an increase of the accelerator opening, wherein the accelerator opening is changed by operation of the accelerator pedal; and a pedaling force increasing section that sets a pedaling force by adding an increment to the base pedaling force; wherein: the base pedaling force setting section sets the base pedaling force in a manner that the base pedaling force increases at a rate of increase with respect to the increase of the accelerator opening, wherein the rate of increase decreases with the increase of the accelerator opening; and the pedaling force increasing section changes the increment in accordance with the accelerator opening in a manner that the increment increases with the increase of the accelerator opening and in a manner to make the pedaling force approach a characteristic that the pedaling force increases at a constant rate with respect to the increase of the accelerator opening.