Patent ID: 7383115

Claim:
A deceleration control apparatus for controlling a deceleration value of a vehicle, comprising: deceleration-value setting means including a plurality of deceleration-value setting devices operated by a user; a target-deceleration-value control portion operable to change a target deceleration value of the vehicle according to an operation of the deceleration-value setting means; and a brake control portion operable to control a braking force to be applied to the vehicle, according to the target deceleration value changed by the target-deceleration-value control portion, wherein said target-deceleration-value control portion is operable to successively change the target deceleration value of the vehicle in response to successive operations of one and another of said plurality of deceleration-value setting devices such that the target deceleration value, which is changed according to the operation of said one deceleration-value setting device by the user, is subsequently changed according to the operation of said another deceleration-value setting device by the user.