US 11,993,133 B2
Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
Dae Hyun Song, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Tae Hyeong Kim, Seoul (KR); Jang Hyo Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Tae Hun Jung, Seoul (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 Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,619.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0025431 (KR), filed on Feb. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294485 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3216 (2013.01) [B60H 1/004 (2013.01); B60H 1/3222 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3255 (2013.01); B60H 2001/327 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3292 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
a compressor configured to receive power from a battery; and
a controller configured to:
determine a thermal load level at one or more of:
a time point at which a first discharge amount of the battery exceeds a first reference value while an engine is in an OFF state; or
a time point at which a second discharge amount of the battery exceeds a second reference value smaller than the first reference value and a discharge rate associated with the battery exceeds a third reference value while the engine is in the OFF state; and
control the compressor using a control value corresponding to the thermal load level.