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A moving apparatus with a driving force assist mechanism traveled mainly by human power. This moving apparatus detects, in a non-contact manner, with respect to rotating portion such as traveling wheel, etc., rotation speed of the rotating portion to detect traveling state to deliver, from the drivi

A moving apparatus with a driving force assist mechanism traveled mainly by human power. This moving apparatus detects, in a non-contact manner, with respect to rotating portion such as traveling wheel, etc., rotation speed of the rotating portion to detect traveling state to deliver, from the driving force assist mechanism, assistant driving force corresponding to speed change information that a person who operates the moving apparatus intends to give on the basis of the detected traveling information to carry out traveling to thereby permit smooth traveling even in the case where traveling by only human power becomes difficult.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A moving apparatus provided with a driving force assist unit for additionally applying driving force to a drive wheel depending upon traveling information of the moving apparatus;the moving apparatus comprising:traveling information detecting means for detecting, in a n

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A moving apparatus provided with a driving force assist unit for additionally applying driving force to a drive wheel depending upon traveling information of the moving apparatus;the moving apparatus comprising:traveling information detecting means for detecting, in a non-contact manner, with respect to a rotating portion, the rotational speed of the rotating portion to detect the traveling information of the moving apparatus;driving force assist means for applying to the drive wheel a driving force corresponding to a change in speed information which is detected on the basis of traveling information detected by the traveling information detecting means;inclination detecting means for detecting inclination information of the moving apparatus;constant speed detecting means for determining a constant speed traveling driving force required for maintaining a constant traveling speed on the basis of speed information detected by the traveling information detecting means and inclination information detected by the inclination detecting means;acceleration detecting means for determining an acceleration driving force corresponding to the change in speed information which is detected on the basis of traveling information detected by the traveling information detecting means; andassistant driving force detecting means for determining an assistant driving force which is to be delivered by the driving force assist means on the basis of the constant speed traveling driving force determined by the constant speed detecting means and the acceleration driving force determined by the acceleration detecting means;an electric power source for supplying electric power to the driving force assist means.