PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking or travel aid vehicle which is used for a person difficult in walking, such as an elderly person, a physically handicapped person, a pregnant woman or a disabled person, which maintains a walking function and offers preventive care, rehabilitation or the like to prevent the user from becoming in a state of requiring care, as long as possible.SOLUTION: In a walking aid vehicle having three or more wheels, a kicking-out by an operator of the vehicle is detected through a change in rotations of any of the wheels, and either one of the wheels is driven by an electric motor when the kicking-off is detected.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、高齢者、肢体不自由者あるいは妊婦、障害者などの歩行困難者に対する歩行または走行補助車両で、歩行機能の維持を図りつつ可能な限り要介護状態とならないようにする予防介護、リハビリなどを目的とする歩行または走行補助車両を提供する。【解決手段】3個以上の車輪を有する歩行補助車両において、前記車両の操作者によるキック蹴り出しをいずれかの車輪の回転数の変化により検出し、キック蹴り出しが検出された場合電動モータによりいずれかの車輪駆動を行う。【選択図】図1
