US 8,275,505 B2 · Method and control system for controlling an auxiliary device of a vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a control system for controlling an auxiliary device of a vehicle, wherein the auxiliary device is automatically started at a starting time which is determined based on an estimated departure time of the vehicle. In particular, the invention relates to an air-conditioning device which is automatically started for pre-air-conditioning (PAC) based on an estimate departure time of an electric or hybrid vehicle. The invention enables a precise and flexible automatic determination of an activation time of the auxiliary device, wherein determining a time of usage of at least one home appliance of a user of the vehicle; determining a departure time of the vehicle based on the time of usage of the at least one home appliance; and determining a starting time of said auxiliary device based on the determined departure time of the vehicle are determined.

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Dependent claims

Method for controlling at least one auxiliary device of a vehicle, said method including the steps of:

providing an appliance monitor that selects at least one home appliance as a trigger appliance having a time usage that is correlated with a vehicle departure time base on a determined time of usage of the at least one home appliance and a determined subsequent departure time of the vehicle;
providing a controller that predicts a departure time of the vehicle based on a detected time of usage of the selected trigger appliance;
and
determines a starting time of said auxiliary device based on the predicted departure time of the vehicle.

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Control system for controlling at least one auxiliary device of a vehicle, said system including:

an appliance monitor that selects at least one home appliance as a trigger appliance having a time of usage that is correlated with a vehicle departure time based on a determined time of usage of the at least one home appliance and a determined subsequent departure time of the vehicle;
and
a controller that predicts the departure time of the vehicle based on the detected time of usage of the selected trigger appliance, determines a starting time of said auxiliary device based on the predicted departure time of the vehicle, and automatically starts said auxiliary device at the determined starting time.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and control system for controlling an auxiliary device of a vehicle

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