Patent ID: 8783130

Claim:
An accelerator pedal effort control device comprising: an accelerator opening angle sensor configured to sense an accelerator opening angle that is varied by operating an accelerator pedal of a vehicle; a pedal effort varying mechanism configured to vary a pedal effort of the accelerator pedal; and a control unit configured to: set an accelerator opening angle threshold value relating to specific fuel consumption on the basis of an operating condition of the vehicle, add a predetermined increment to the pedal effort of the accelerator pedal when the accelerator opening angle becomes larger than the accelerator opening angle threshold value, and inhibit cancellation of the increment of the pedal effort until a predetermined time elapses after the pedal effort of the accelerator pedal is increased, wherein the control unit is configured to inhibit cancellation of the increment of the pedal effort until said predetermined time elapses after the pedal effort of the accelerator pedal is increased even when the accelerator opening angle becomes lower than the accelerator opening angle threshold value during said predetermined time.