Patent ID: 7458435

Claim:
A control unit for controlling a vehicle, the vehicle including a body to allow a user to step on, a power generator arranged to drive the body, and a first sensor and a second sensor disposed at mutually different positions on the body, the first and second sensors respectively outputting a first load value and a second load value, the control unit comprising: a processor arranged to calculate a ratio of one of the first and second load values to the sum of the first and second load values; a drive controller arranged to control the power generator in accordance with the ratio, wherein the processor outputs a command value in accordance with the ratio, and the drive controller controls the power generator based on the command value; a memory that stores a map defining correspondence between the ratio and the command value, wherein the processor acquires the command value based on the ratio calculated and the map; and a state detector arranged to detect a drive state of the body, wherein the memory stores a first map for a first traveling direction and a second map for a second traveling direction, which is different from the first traveling direction, and the processor changes between the first and second maps according to the traveling direction as defined by the drive state detected and acquires the command value based on the ratio calculated and the map selected.