Patent ID: 8897962

Claim:
A reaction force control apparatus comprising: an accelerator pedal of a host vehicle; a reaction force controller for controlling a reaction force generated by an actuator the reaction force being applied to the accelerator pedal and a curve detector for detecting curves along a path traveled by the host vehicle; wherein when the host vehicle travels along at least two curves including a first curve and a second curve subsequent to the first curve, the reaction force controller is configured to set respective target reaction forces for the first curve and the second curve; wherein the reaction force controller is configured to correct the target reaction force for the second curve based on the target reaction force for the first curve; and wherein the reaction force controller is configured to set the target reaction force for the accelerator pedal depending on a curvature of each of the curves before the host vehicle enters the curves and to generate and apply the set target reaction force to the accelerator pedal before the host vehicle enters the curves, wherein when a target reaction force for the second curve, which is set before the host vehicle enters the second curve, is greater than a present reaction force generated and applied to the accelerator pedal while the host vehicle is turning along the first curve, the reaction force controller is configured to correct the target reaction force for the second curve by reducing the target reaction force for the second curve and to apply the reduced reaction force to the accelerator pedal until the host vehicle has finished traveling through the first curve.