Patent ID: 7801658

Claim:
A cruise control device for a vehicle comprising: determining means for determining whether cruise control is instructed by a cruise control switch; first setting means for setting an engine output torque for cruise control as a cruise torque based on a vehicle speed; second setting means for setting an engine output torque as a pedal torque based on an accelerator operation amount; and third setting means for setting a final engine output torque for cruise control by selecting a larger one of the cruise torque and the pedal torque, wherein, in starting cruise control in response to an instruction of cruise control by the cruise control switch, the cruise torque is set to an initial value by selecting a smaller one of the cruise torque and the pedal torque; wherein the cruise control device further comprises feedback control means for starting feedback control of the vehicle speed, when the cruise torque exceeds the pedal torque after the instruction of cruise control by the cruise control switch in a period during which the vehicle speed is changing.