Patent ID: 8335626

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling acceleration of a vehicle, comprising: a target acceleration calculator that calculates a target acceleration for the vehicle; a provisional acceleration setting section that sets a provisional target acceleration such that a change rate of the provisional target acceleration is limited to a target limitation value, the provisional target acceleration being used during a step during which the acceleration of the vehicle is changed to the calculated target acceleration; a drive power calculator that calculates a drive power to obtain the provisional target acceleration set by the provisional acceleration setting section; and an estimating section that estimates an acceleration demanded by a driver in the vehicle, wherein the provisional acceleration setting section is configured to set an initial value of the provisional target acceleration depending on either one selected from a vehicle acceleration and the estimated demanded acceleration, the selected acceleration having a difference from the target acceleration, the difference of the selected acceleration being smaller than a difference of the other from the target acceleration, the vehicle acceleration being obtained at a timing when controlling the acceleration is started.