Patent ID: 6898504

Claim:
A vehicle driving force control apparatus for a vehicle having a clutch installed in a torque transfer path from a drive source to a wheel, the clutch having an input part connected to the drive source and an output part connected to the wheel, the vehicle driving force control apparatus comprising: an output rotational speed sensor configured to detect an output rotational speed of the output part of the clutch and produce an output rotational speed value; an input rotational speed sensor configured to detect an input rotational speed of the input part of the clutch and produce an input rotational speed value; an output stop estimating section configured to estimate that rotation of the output part has stop rotating upon an occurrence of a detected first parameter that is based on the output rotational speed value received from the output rotational speed sensor; an input stop estimating section configured to estimate that rotation of the input part has stop rotating upon an occurrence of a detected second parameter that is based on the input rotational speed value received from the input rotational speed sensor; a vehicle stop determining section configured to determine whether the vehicle has stopped; a clutch stop determining section configured to determine that the clutch has stopped rotating based on a determination of the occurrences of the detected output and input parameters, upon the vehicle stop determining section determining that the vehicle has stopped; and a clutch connection command outputting section configured to output a clutch connection command to connect the clutch, upon the clutch stop determining section determining that the clutch has stopped rotating.