Patent ID: 9381896
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B60T

Claim Text:
1. A driving force control device of a vehicle, the driving force control device comprising: an electronic control unit having control logic configured to cause the electronic control unit to: calculate a required braking force on the basis of an amount of pressure applied to a brake operating mechanism, which is operated for deceleration by a driver; control (i) a braking force of a power plant, which includes a drive source generating an accelerating force and the braking force, and (ii) a braking force of a brake operating mechanism, the brake operating mechanism generating the braking force in cooperation with the braking force of the power plant as a total braking force of the vehicle, which becomes the required braking force of the vehicle; detect acceleration information including a lateral acceleration of the vehicle; control the braking force of the power plant on the basis of the detected acceleration information when the brake operating mechanism is operated; and increase a rotation speed of the drive source after the driver's operation on the brake operating mechanism is released but while the vehicle is still in a decelerating state, in preparation for a predicted desired acceleration by the driver once the decelerating state has ended but before the driver performs an accelerating operation.