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US 12,496,367 B2Granted
Sterilizer for car by using HOCL and control method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJu-Heon Baeg, Ji-Hee Han, Ui-Hyun Jeong
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Abstract
A sterilizer for a vehicle includes a controller, a supply water storage configured to accommodate water required for generating hypochlorous acid water (HOCL) under control of the controller, an HOCL generator configured to generate HOCL by using water accommodated in the supply water storage under the control of the controller, and a sprayer configured to inject the HOCL generated in the HOCL generator to the vehicle under the control of the controller.
Claims20
A sterilizer comprising:
- a controller;
- a supply water storage configured to accommodate water for use in generating hypochlorous acid water (HOCL) under control of the controller;
- an HOCL generator configured to generate the HOCL by using water accommodated in the supply water storage under the control of the controller;
- and
- a sprayer configured to spray the HOCL generated in the HOCL generator under the control of the controller;
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- communicate with a portable terminal of a user through a communication network;
- receive, from the portable terminal, command data for manipulating the sterilizer according to execution of an application program for manipulating the sterilizer;
- and
- calculate an estimated remaining time until sterilization is completed by summing time required for supplying supply water, time required for generating HOCL, time required for spraying the HOCL and drying time,
- wherein the drying time is calculated by adding a minimum dry time (Tdry) calculated according to
- Tdry=LHOCL×0.01×T and an additional time (α) required to reach an optimum temperature/humidity range, and
- wherein LHOCL is an amount of the HOCL to be sprayed in ml, and T is a minimum dry time per 100 ml.
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A sterilizer for a vehicle, the sterilizer comprising:
- a controller;
- a supply water storage configured to accommodate water required for generating hypochlorous acid water (HOCL) under control of the controller;
- an HOCL generator configured to generate the HOCL by using the water accommodated in the supply water storage under the control of the controller, wherein the HOCL generator includes:
- a decomposing tank configured to accommodate the water supplied from the supply water storage and electrolyze the accommodated water to generate the HOCL;
- and
- an HOCL measuring sensor configured to measure a state of the water accommodated in the decomposing tank and a state of the generated HOCL;
- and
- a sprayer configured to inject the HOCL generated in the HOCL generator to the vehicle under the control of the controller;
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- communicate with a portable terminal of a user through a communication network;
- receive, from the portable terminal, command data for manipulating the sterilizer according to execution of an application program for manipulating the sterilizer;
- and
- calculate an estimated remaining time until sterilization is completed by summing time required for supplying supply water, time required for generating the HOCL, time required for spraying the HOCL and drying time,
- wherein the drying time is calculated by adding a minimum dry time (Tdry) calculated according to
- Tdry=LHOCL×0.01×T and an additional time (α) required to reach an optimum temperature/humidity range, and
- wherein LHOCL is an amount of the HOCL to be sprayed in ml, and T is a minimum dry time per 100 ml.
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A sterilizer for a vehicle, the sterilizer comprising:
- vehicle air-conditioning equipment;
- a plurality of sensors including a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a door-lock detecting sensor, and a passenger detecting sensor;
- a controller is linked with the plurality of sensors and the vehicle air-conditioning equipment;
- a supply water storage configured to accommodate water for use in generating hypochlorous acid water (HOCL) under control of the controller;
- an HOCL generator configured to generate the HOCL by using water accommodated in the supply water storage under the control of the controller;
- and
- a sprayer configured to inject the HOCL generated in the HOCL generator to the vehicle under the control of the controller;
- wherein the controller is configured to control spraying the HOCL according to vehicle internal state information provided from a vehicle information provider and then to control drying of an interior of the vehicle by the vehicle air-conditioning equipment
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- communicate with a portable terminal of a user through a communication network;
- receive, from the portable terminal, command data for manipulating the sterilizer according to execution of an application program for manipulating the sterilizer;
- and
- calculate an estimated remaining time until sterilization is completed by summing time required for supplying supply water, time required for generating the HOCL, time required for spraying the HOCL and drying time,
- wherein the drying time is calculated by adding a minimum dry time (Tdry) calculated according to
- Tdry=LHOCL×0.01×T and an additional time (α) required to reach an optimum temperature/humidity range, and
- wherein LHOCL is an amount of the HOCL to be sprayed in ml, and T is a minimum dry time per 100 ml.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.