US 12,172,494 B2
Vehicle air conditioner control system and non-transitory recording medium storing vehicle air conditioner control program
Yu Hoshino, Toyota Aichi-ken (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,612.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-182422 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148249 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3208 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 2710/305 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle air conditioner control system comprising:
an air conditioner including a compressor configured to contend with a driving wheel for torque of an internal combustion engine or to contend with a rotary electric machine that is a vehicle drive source for battery power;
an air conditioner controller configured to switch operation control of the air conditioner between manual control and autonomous control; and
an autonomous driving controller configured to perform autonomous driving control of a vehicle, wherein
the air conditioner controller is configured to perform air conditioner power cutting control to regulate driving of the compressor in accordance with required vehicle driving force, during execution of the autonomous control, and
the air conditioner controller is configured to prohibit performance of the air conditioner power cutting control in a driving switching preparing section of a road wherein autonomous driving performed by the autonomous driving controller is to be switched to manual driving performed by a driver.