VEHICLE SPEED COMMAND GENERATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE SPEED COMMAND GENERATION METHOD

This vehicle speed command generation device generates a target vehicle speed command to be used by a vehicle speed control device. The vehicle speed command generation device comprises: a shift processing unit that receives an original vehicle speed command and generates each of a reference vehicle speed command in which the original vehicle speed command is delayed by a reference delay time, a first-out vehicle speed command in which the original vehicle speed command is delayed by a first-out delay time that is shorter than the reference delay time, and a delayed vehicle speed command in which the original vehicle speed command is delayed by a second delay time that is longer than the reference delay time; and a correction processing unit that generates a target vehicle speed command by using the first-out vehicle speed command and the delayed vehicle speed command.