System and method for controlling a climate control system with remote start operation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorGerhard A. Dage
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Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a system for controlling a vehicle climate control system in response to starting an engine with a remote start operation is provided. The system includes a first sensor for generating a cabin temperature signal indicative of a temperature within the vehicle. The system further includes a controller for controlling idle speed of the engine in response to the cabin temperature signal such that the controlled idle speed enables the climate control system to achieve a desired temperature.
Claims17
A system for controlling a vehicle climate control system in response to starting an engine with a remote start operation, the system comprising:
- a first sensor for generating a cabin temperature signal indicative of a temperature within the vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to control an idle speed of the engine in response to the cabin temperature signal such that the controlled idle speed enables the climate control system to achieve a desired temperature and to decrease the idle speed in response to determining that a temperature exterior to a vehicle as indicated on an ambient temperature signal is increasing over a remote start time interval while the climate control system pre-heats the vehicle.
An apparatus for controlling a climate control system responsive to starting an engine with a remote start operation, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- receive a signal indicative of a cabin temperature within a vehicle;
- control an engine idle speed during a remote start time interval such that the engine idle speed decreases in the event the cabin temperature increases during the remote start time interval for a vehicle pre-heat operation;
- and
- assess a state of charge of at least one battery and to disable at least a portion of the operation of the climate control system in the event the state of charge of the at least one battery is determined to be below a predetermined state of charge during the remote start time interval.
An apparatus for controlling a climate control system responsive to starting an engine with a remote start operation, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- receive a signal indicative of a cabin temperature within a vehicle;
- control an engine idle speed during a remote start time interval such that the engine idle speed decreases in the event the cabin temperature decreases during the remote start time interval for a vehicle pre-cool operation;
- and
- assess a state of charge of at least one battery and to disable at least a portion of the operation of the climate control system in the event the state of charge of the at least one battery is determined to be below a predetermined state of charge during the remote start time interval.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.