Patent ID: 8078372

Claim:
An output control device for an internal combustion engine that is mounted in a vehicle including an automatic transmission and includes air amount adjustment means for adjusting an intake air amount, the output control device calculating a target output torque of the internal combustion engine based on a manipulation amount of an accelerator pedal, a vehicle speed, and a state of a transmission gear ratio of the automatic transmission, and calculating a target actuation amount of the air amount adjustment means based on the calculated target output torque, wherein, when a current value of the transmission gear ratio of the automatic transmission is smaller than a predetermined value and an increase in the manipulation amount of the accelerator pedal is smaller than a specified value, the target actuation amount calculated based on the target output torque is limited to be less than or equal to a preset upper limit, wherein, if the increase in the manipulation amount of the accelerator pedal is greater than or equal to the specified value, the target actuation amount is set to a maximum actuation amount of the air amount adjustment means.