Dual type air conditioning control system of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9969243-B2
Application number	US-201514863424-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2015
Priority date	Nov 7, 2014
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A dual type air conditioning control system of a vehicle has a front-seat air conditioner for air-conditioning of a front-seat space and a rear-seat air conditioner for air-conditioning of a rear-seat space of the vehicle. The system includes a front-seat controller configured to control an operation and an output of the front-seat air conditioner, and to calculate a control target value for controlling an output of the rear-seat conditioner. The rear-seat controller is configured to receive the calculated control target value transmitted from the front-seat controller and to control the output of the rear-seat air conditioner based on the transmitted control target value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dual type air conditioning control system of a vehicle having a front-seat air conditioner for air-conditioning of a front-seat space and a rear-seat air conditioner for air-conditioning of a rear-seat space of the vehicle, the system comprising:
a front-seat controller configured to control an operation and an output of the front-seat air conditioner, and to calculate a control target value for controlling an output of the rear-seat air conditioner; and
a rear-seat controller configured to receive the calculated control target value transmitted from the front-seat controller and to control the output of the rear-seat air conditioner based on the transmitted control target value,
wherein the front-seat controller includes a rear lock button for locking various buttons provided in the rear-seat controller to prevent an operation of the rear-seat controller and calculates the control target value of the rear-seat air conditioner based on an input value of a rear operation button provided in the front-seat controller when the rear lock button is selected.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the front-seat controller includes a rear on button for controlling power supplies of the rear-seat air conditioner and the rear-seat controller and controls turning-on and turning-off of the rear-seat air conditioner and the rear-seat controller when the rear on button is selected by a user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the front-seat controller includes a rear lock button for locking various buttons provided in the rear-seat controller to prevent an operation of the rear-seat controller when the rear lock button is selected.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rear operation button includes a rear cooling operation button for selecting a rear-seat cooling mode and a rear heating operation button for selecting an output of a rear-seat heating mode.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the front-seat controller includes a rear lock button for locking various buttons provided in the rear-seat controller and calculates the control target value of the rear-seat air conditioner based on an input value of a rear-seat operation button transmitted by the rear-seat controller when the rear lock button is unselected.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rear-seat controller continuously transmits an operation mode of the rear-seat air conditioner and an input value of a rear-seat operation button to the front-seat controller when the rear-seat operation button is selected.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the rear-seat operation button provides the input value for controlling an output value of the rear-seat air conditioner to set as a cooling mode or a heating mode to the rear-seat controller.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Halla Visteon Climate Control

Inventors

• Choi Jae Sik
• Ji Byoung Hyun
• Kang Su Yeon
• Jeon Young Bae
• Choi Jun Ho

Classifications

• B60H1/00971

  Control systems or circuits characterised by including features for locking or memorising of control modes · CPC title

• B60H1/00742 Primary

  by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors · CPC title

• G05D23/1917

  using digital means · CPC title

• B60H1/00985

  Control systems or circuits characterised by display or indicating devices, e.g. voice simulators (characterised by the input of sound using a voice synthesizer B60H1/00757; B60H1/00978 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F24F11/67

  Switching between heating and cooling modes · CPC title