Patent ID: 7315772

Claim:
A vehicular motion control apparatus, comprising: a steering angle detecting section configured to detect a vehicular steering angle; a vehicle speed detecting section configured to detect a vehicle speed; a vehicular motion control mechanism configured to control a vehicular motion; a state detecting section configured to detect a state of the vehicular motion control mechanism; a vehicular motion target value calculating section configured to calculate a target value of the vehicular motion on a basis of detection values of the steering angle and the vehicle speed and vehicle speed dependent constants preset in a form of a map for each vehicle speed; a control command value calculating section configured to calculate a control command value required for the vehicular motion control mechanism to achieve the target value of the vehicular motion; and a servo calculating section configured to provide a control signal for the motion control mechanism in order for a detection value of the state of the vehicular motion control mechanism to be made coincident with the control command value; and a vehicle speed variation amount limiter configured to place a limitation on a vehicle speed variation amount by comparing the detected value of the vehicle speed to a vehicle speed variation amount limit value, wherein the vehicle speed variation amount limit value varies in accordance with the detection value of the vehicular steering angle, wherein the vehicular motion target value calculating section is configured to determine a map reference vehicle speed on the basis of an output of the vehicle speed variation amount limiter.