Patent ID: 8200391

Claim:
A running control apparatus for a vehicle, which includes: a steering device that steers a steering wheel independently of steering operation performed by a driver; a braking/driving force control device controls that controls braking/driving force for each wheel; a calculation device that calculates a target turning control amount of the vehicle to stabilize running movement of the vehicle; a division device that divides the target turning control amount into a target turning control amount allocated to a control of a steering angle of the steering wheel and a target turning control amount allocated to a control of the braking/driving force in predetermined proportions; a control device that controls the steering device based on the target turning control amount allocated to the control of the steering angle of the steering wheel and controls the braking/driving force control device based on the target turning control amount allocated to the control of the braking/driving force; and a detection device that detects an amount of acceleration operation performed by the driver, wherein the division device increases a proportion of the target turning control amount allocated to the control of the steering angle of the steering wheel and decreases a proportion of the target turning control amount allocated to the control of the braking/driving force, as a rate of increase in the amount of acceleration operation increases, and wherein the braking/driving force includes at least one of a braking force and a driving force.