Patent ID: 7734404

Claim:
A deceleration control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a controller configured to perform deceleration control before the vehicle reaches a starting point of an upcoming curve, based on one of a first target declaration control and a second target declaration control, wherein the first target deceleration control is determined based on a distance to the starting point of the upcoming curve, when the deceleration control for the curve is started at a position distant from the starting point of the curve; and the second target deceleration control is determined based on a lateral acceleration that is estimated to be detected when the vehicle passes the starting point of the curve, when the deceleration control for the curve is started at a position close to and before the starting point of the curve, wherein deceleration amounts of the first target deceleration control are determined based on the distance to the starting point of the curve, and wherein deceleration amounts of the second target deceleration control are not determined based on the distance to the starting point of the curve.