Vehicle air conditioner control system and non-transitory recording medium storing vehicle air conditioner control program
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYu HOSHINO
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Abstract
In a driving switching preparing section of a road wherein autonomous driving performed by an autonomous driving ECU or autonomous driving controller is switched to manual driving performed by a driver, an air conditioner ECU or an air conditioner controller is configured to prohibit air conditioner power cutting control.
Claims6
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;
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- 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.
A non-transitory recording medium storing a vehicle air conditioner control program causing a computer to perform the following functions, the computer to be used with 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 and to be used with an autonomous driving controller configured to perform autonomous driving control of a vehicle,
- the functions comprising:
- functioning as an air conditioner controller configured to switch operation control of the air conditioner between manual control and autonomous control;
- allowing the air conditioner controller 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;
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- allowing the air conditioner controller to prohibit 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 switched to manual driving performed by a driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.