US 12,263,719 B2
Control system and control method for vehicle
Tae Woong Lim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hyun Kyun Jung, Seoul (KR); Ji Wan Son, Yongin-si (KR); and Han Sol Mun, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/664,627.
Application 18/664,627 is a continuation of application No. 17/897,422, filed on Aug. 29, 2022, granted, now 12,011,973.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0178960 (KR), filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0294052 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F01P 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00835 (2013.01) [F01P 3/20 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control method for a vehicle, the control method comprising:
controlling, by the processor, an alternator or an actuator of a switching door to reduce a cooling capacity provided by the HVAC system by determining whether a temperature of an engine coolant discharged from the internal combustion engine is higher than a first threshold temperature;
determining whether an accumulated cooling capacity provided by the HVAC system exceeds a reference accumulated cooling capacity by determining whether the temperature of an engine coolant discharged from the internal combustion engine is higher than a second threshold temperature after the cooling capacity is reduced;
determining a lower limit temperature of an evaporator of the HVAC system according to a temperature of an engine coolant when the accumulated cooling capacity exceeds the reference accumulated cooling capacity; and
repeatedly turning a clutch of a compressor of the HVAC system on or off by comparing a temperature of the evaporator and a lower limit temperature of the evaporator;
wherein the second threshold temperature is higher than the first threshold temperature; and
wherein the accumulated cooling capacity is the sum of cooling capacities accumulated after the operation of the HVAC system.