Patent ID: 8666631

Claim:
A vehicle travel control device that controls travel of a host vehicle based on any of a previously set inter-vehicle distance setting and a previously set vehicle speed setting, the device comprising: at least one processor that: updates the inter-vehicle distance setting and the vehicle speed setting individually in accordance with a pedal operation of a brake pedal in the host vehicle; selects setting information to be updated based on changes in travelling conditions of the host vehicle and/or changes in travelling conditions of a leading vehicle from a start of the pedal operation to an end of the pedal operation; and detects a deceleration of the leading vehicle; and when the deceleration of the leading vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold value from the start of the pedal operation to the end of the pedal operation in the host vehicle during a following control of the leading vehicle; selects the vehicle speed setting as the setting to be updated; and updates the vehicle speed setting in accordance with the pedal operation.