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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
David W. Cosgrove, Milford, MI (US);
Abhishek Srivastava, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing auto start of a vehicle during an auto-stop condition may include: determining an operational status of a vehicle climate control system; receiving a target air outlet temperature from the vehicle climate control system; receiving data indicating a state of a cooled seat of the vehicle; and inhibiting a start-engine command to restart an internal combustion engine of the vehicle because of a cabin cooling requirement when the data indicates that the cooled seat of the vehicle is activated.