Patent ID: 7720583

Claim:
A vehicle control apparatus configured to set a target control amount related to running movement of a vehicle, and controls at least a powertrain device of the vehicle based on the target control amount, comprising: a target control amount setting device configured to set the target control amount based on at least one of an instruction from a driver and an instruction from a predetermined control device included in the vehicle; a running characteristic determination device configured to determine a running characteristic of the vehicle set by the driver; and a correction device configured to correct the target control amount set by the target control amount setting device to suppress vibration on a spring of the vehicle, wherein the correction device includes a quadratic notch filter that has a damping characteristic which damps the vibration on the spring of the vehicle, wherein a correction amount, by which a target driving force of the vehicle is corrected by the correction device, is adjusted according to the running characteristic determined by the running characteristic determination device, wherein the quadratic notch filter adjusts a parameter which determines the damping characteristic according to the running characteristic determined by the running characteristic determination device, and wherein the quadratic notch filter suppresses a component that induces the vibration in a transfer function where the target driving force is used as an input and a suspension stroke of the vehicle is used as an output.