Patent ID: 8527154

Claim:
A control device of an inverted pendulum type vehicle having a traveling motion unit capable of moving on a floor surface, an actuator which drives the traveling motion unit, a base body on which the traveling motion unit and the actuator are mounted, and a loading part of an object to be transported which is attached to the base body so as to be tiltable with respect to a vertical direction, comprising: a loading detecting element which generates an output at least indicating whether it is in a loaded state in which the object to be transported is loaded on the loading part, or it is in a non-loaded state in which the object to be transported is not loaded on the loading part; a tilt posture measuring element which generates an output according to an actual state amount related to a tilt posture of the loading part; and a traveling motion unit controlling element which determines a manipulated variable for control which defines a driving force to be applied to the traveling motion unit to make the traveling motion unit travel, and which controls the traveling motion of the traveling motion unit via the actuator according to the determined manipulated variable for control; the traveling motion unit controlling element includes a manipulated variable for control determining element which determines the manipulated variable for control so as to bring a tilt posture state amount error, which is an error between a measured value of the state amount indicated by the output of the tilt posture measuring element and a desired value with respect to the state amount, closer to 0, at least according to a first manipulated variable component obtained by multiplying the tilt posture state amount error by a first gain coefficient; and an adjustment parameter determining element which determines an adjustment parameter at least including one or both of the first gain coefficient and the desired value with respect to the state amount so as to change according to the output of the loading detecting element; wherein the adjustment parameter determining element determines the adjustment parameter such that a rate of change of the value of the adjustment parameter becomes relatively faster in the case where the state indicated by the output of the loading detecting element changes from the loaded state to the non-loaded state, than in the case where the same changes from the non-loaded state to the loaded state.