Driving force control apparatus

A driving force control apparatus, comprising:

• a posture detecting part configured to detect a riding posture of an occupant;
• an acceleration detecting part configured to detect an acceleration of a vehicle;
• a driving force generation part configured to generate a driving force in a manner enabling to change a driving force distribution between a front wheel and a rear wheel or between a left wheel and a right wheel;
• and
• an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and a memory, wherein
• the microprocessor is configured to function as:
• a calculation unit configured to calculate a required driving force;
• and
• a driving force control unit configured to control the driving force generation part so as to change the driving force distribution to a target driving force distribution to suppress a change of the riding posture while generating the required driving force calculated by the calculation unit, when a magnitude of the acceleration detected by the acceleration detecting part is greater than or equal to a predetermined magnitude and a degree of change of the riding posture detected by the posture detecting part is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree.

A driving force control method in a vehicle including a driving force generation part configured to generate a driving force in a manner enabling to change a driving force distribution between a front wheel and a rear wheel or between a left wheel and a right wheel, comprising:

• detecting a riding posture of an occupant;
• detecting an acceleration of the vehicle;
• calculating a required driving force;
• and
• controlling the driving force generation part so as to change the driving force distribution to a target driving force distribution to suppress a change of the riding posture while generating the required driving force, when a magnitude of the acceleration in the detecting is greater than or equal to a predetermined magnitude and a degree of change of the riding posture in the detecting is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree.