A window fog detecting system for detecting fog on a windshield of a vehicle, including: a glass temperature detecting system including a contact temperature sensor attached to a portion of the windshield on the driver's seat side of the center in a width direction of the windshield, or to a portion where ceramic print is applied on the upper-side periphery of the windshield; a humidity detection device which detects the humidity of air in a vicinity of the inner surface of the windshield; and a judging device which judges the presence of fog on the windshield, on the basis of the detected values of the glass temperature detecting system and the detected values of the humidity detection device.

A vehicle includes a system configured to supply air to a cabin of a vehicle at a target discharge temperature. One or more solar sensors configured to sense a solar radiation on the cabin and one or more temperature sensors configured to sense air within the cabin. A controller is configured to receive a user set temperature, obtain a solar heat load from one or more outputs of the one or more solar sensors, and obtain a feedback temperature from one or more outputs of the one or more temperature sensors. The controller is further configured to determine a radiation temperature corresponding to radiative heat transfer into the cabin, the radiation temperature being a function of the feedback temperature and the solar heat load. The controller may then set the target discharge temperature according to the user set temperature, the feedback temperature, and the radiation temperature.

Disclosed in the present application is an energy management method for solar freezer trucks, the solar freezer truck includes a photo-voltaic (PV) module, a first battery, a freezer compressor, an engine generator, and an external power adapter connected by an energy management unit, and the energy management method includes obtaining an output power of the PV module; and switching, by the energy management unit, power paths to the freezer compressor according to the output power of the PV module.

A vehicle includes a compartment having a first space having a first environmental condition and a second space having a second environmental condition. At least one camera captures a first image of a first part of a region external to the vehicle and a second image of a second part of the region. The first part of the region aligns with the first space, and the second part of the region aligns with the second space. An environmental control system of the vehicle has at least one of lighting control and climate control. Control circuitry is configured to determine brightness conditions of the region based on the first image and the second image and control the environmental control system to adjust the environmental conditions based on the brightness conditions.

A system for controlling an electric vehicle includes a user requirement setting apparatus, a vehicle velocity detection apparatus, an out-vehicle temperature detection apparatus, an in-vehicle temperature detection apparatus, a solar illumination detection apparatus, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus is configured to acquire an air conditioner temperature and a blower step number set by a user, a driving velocity of the vehicle, an ambient temperature, a solar illumination outside the vehicle, and the internal temperature of the vehicle, determine a rotation speed limitation rating of the electric compressor, determine a final permitted vehicle velocity, compare the driving velocity of the vehicle and the final permitted vehicle velocity, and when the driving velocity of the vehicle is less than the final permitted vehicle velocity, determine a target electric compressor rotation speed according to the rotation speed limitation rating of the electric compressor.

A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning device includes: a heating part disposed in a windshield glass of a vehicle and configured to heat the windshield glass; a collection part configured to collect state information on a state of the windshield glass and environment information on internal and external environments of the vehicle; and a control part. The control part is configured to determine a defrosting or dehumidifying mode for the windshield glass based on the state information or the environment information collected by the collection part and to control an operation of the heating part depending on the determined defrosting or dehumidifying mode.

An apparatus, a system, and a method for controlling an in-car temperature of an autonomous vehicle are provided. The control server determines an expected in-car temperature according to a re-riding time of each of one or more parking positions corresponding to a destination or a re-riding position of an autonomous vehicle, selects an optimal parking position or a temporary parking position based on the expected in-car temperature and an outdoor air temperature according to the re-riding time, transmits information about the optimal parking position or the temporary parking position to the autonomous vehicle. The controller of the autonomous vehicle is configured to perform autonomous driving and autonomous parking depending on the information about the optimal parking position or the temporary parking position, recognizes a voice of a user, determines autonomous driving related control corresponding to the voice of the user, and performs the autonomous driving related control corresponding to the voice of the user.

A system and method of controlling cabin air within a vehicle includes determining an elevated thermal level within a vehicle, opening a duct purge valve based on the elevated thermal level and communicating air through a primary duct to a purge duct through the purge valve.

A vehicle includes a system configured to supply air to a cabin of a vehicle at a target discharge temperature. One or more solar sensors configured to sense a solar radiation on the cabin and one or more temperature sensors configured to sense air within the cabin. A controller is configured to receive a user set temperature, obtain a solar heat load from one or more outputs of the one or more solar sensors, and obtain a feedback temperature from one or more outputs of the one or more temperature sensors. The controller is further configured to determine a radiation temperature corresponding to radiative heat transfer into the cabin, the radiation temperature being a function of the feedback temperature and the solar heat load. The controller may then set the target discharge temperature according to the user set temperature, the feedback temperature, and the radiation temperature.

An attachment includes an abutment plate portion and a retaining portion. The abutment plate portion cannot be inserted into a mounting hole. The abutment plate portion includes an insertion hole in a middle portion thereof. The retaining portion is disposed on a back side of the abutment plate portion. The attachment is mounted on the mounting hole by the retaining portion inserted into the mounting hole, the abutment plate portion abutted against a peripheral edge portion of the mounting hole from a front side and a lock portion of the retaining portion engaged with the peripheral edge portion of the mounting hole from a back side. A body portion of a solar radiation sensor is inserted into the insertion hole, a head portion of the solar radiation sensor is abutted against the abutment plate portion and at least one catch claw of the body portion of the solar radiation sensor is engaged with the lock portion of the retaining portion.