Apparatus and method for controlling wireless charger for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorDong Jun Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a wireless charger for a vehicle includes a communication device to receive an input from a user and information on the vehicle, and a controller to employ one of a first driving duty ratio of a cooling fan set based on the information on the vehicle, a second driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set based on the input from the user, or a third driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set through auto-tuning operation to operate the cooling fan, to enhance charging performance of the wireless charger while minimizing the feeling of the user bothered due to operating noise of a cooling fan.
Claims16
An apparatus for controlling a wireless charger for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a communication device configured to receive an input from a user and information on the vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to employ one of a first driving duty ratio of a cooling fan set based on the information on the vehicle, a second driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set based on the input from the user, or a third driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set through an auto-tuning operation, to operate the cooling fan;
- wherein the input from the user includes a driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set based on a noise limit allowed by the user;
- and
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- generate a message for requesting a user response, which is associated with whether to employ the driving duty ratio of the cooling fan at a time point, at which a level of the noise becomes a preset reference noise level;
- and
- operate the cooling fan, when the vehicle is actually started after being in a remote starting state;
- and
- wherein the noise includes a noise changed depending on the auto-tuning operation for a driving duty of the cooling fan.
A method for controlling a wireless charger for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving an input from a user and information on the vehicle;
- and
- employing one of a first driving duty ratio of a cooling fan set based on the information on the vehicle, a second driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set based on the input from the user, or a third driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set through an auto-tuning operation, to operate the cooling fan;
- wherein the input from the user includes a driving duty ratio of the cooling fan set based on a noise limit allowed by the user;
- generating a message for requesting a user response, which is associated with whether to employ the driving duty ratio of the cooling fan at a time point, at which a level of the noise becomes a preset reference noise level;
- and
- operate the cooling fan, when the vehicle is actually started after being in a remote starting state;
- wherein the noise includes a noise changed depending on the auto-tuning operation for a driving duty of the cooling fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.