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US 12,023,990 B2Granted
Vehicle and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorTaewoo Lee
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Abstract
A vehicle may include: a battery charged by a charging device; an air conditioner; and a controller configured to check whether the battery is being charged, and in response to checking that the battery being charged, apply power supplied from the charging device to the air conditioner. The air conditioner may preform an air blowing operation to execute an after-blow function using the applied power.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- a battery charged by a charging device;
- an air conditioner;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- check whether the air conditioner is in a power-on state during driving of the vehicle,
- in response to checking that the air conditioner is in the power-on state, check whether the battery is being charged when the air conditioner is powered off;
- and
- in response to checking that the battery is being charged, apply power supplied from the charging device to the air conditioner,
- wherein the air conditioner is configured to perform an air blowing operation to execute an after-blow function using the power.
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A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- checking whether an air conditioner is in a power-on state during driving of the vehicle;
- in response to checking that the air conditioner is in the power-on state, checking whether a battery is being charged when the air conditioner is powered off;
- checking a charge state of the battery charged by a charging device;
- in response to checking that the battery is being charged, applying power supplied from the charging device to the air conditioner;
- and
- performing, by the air conditioner, an air blowing operation to execute an after-blow function using the power.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.