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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jong Hyuck Kim, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Jeong Hyeon Kim, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Hee Jung Yoon, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Se Jun Park, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes a detector that detects an external temperature of a vehicle, a vehicle speed, and a coolant temperature of an engine, an input device that receives a signal for ON or OFF operations of a heating control, and a controller configured for determining a heating load depending on the heating control when the external temperature is less than a predetermined temperature and the signal for the ON operation of the heating control is input, and controls an operation of an integrated thermal management valve, a deactivation operation of cylinders included in the engine, and an operation of an active air flap, according to at least one of the heating load and the coolant temperature.