US 12,337,652 B2
Eco-friendly vehicle and method of controlling valet mode for the same
Hui Un Son, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Gyu Ri Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Sung Il Jung, Dongnae-Gu (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 Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,547.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0028833 (KR), filed on Mar. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211645 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00778 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00835 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a valet mode of a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining whether the vehicle is in the valet mode;
when the vehicle is determined to be in the valet mode, setting the vehicle to one of a plurality of parking state modes based on a traveling state of the vehicle being parked; and
calculating an air conditioning limit power capable of limiting an air conditioning (AC) of the vehicle based on the valet mode and the one of the plurality of set parking state modes.