A power-assisted steering system includes a current detector for detecting sequentially
current flowing to a ground-side switching element in a lower arm by a detection
resistor inserted into the lower arm not only in a time period when the switching
element is ON but also in time period when the switching element is OFF, an offset
updating unit for sequentially updating an offset correction value with detected
values in the time period when the switching element is OFF, and a detected current
correcting unit for calculating a motor current value (a corrected current detected
value) by correcting detected values in the time period when the switching element
is ON with the offset correction value thereby updating.