The present disclosure relates to a control device for a vehicle. The vehicle includes an engine as a drive source, a motor generator as a drive source, a battery for storing electric power generated by the motor generator using an output of the engine, and an exhaust treatment device provided in an exhaust passage of the engine. The control device is configured to execute a temperature rise control that increases the output of the engine and raises a temperature of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust treatment device.

A method for activating a climate system of a vehicle includes monitoring an operational state of the vehicle. Said monitoring is performed by a system controller incorporated into the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is on when said operational state corresponds to a first state, wherein the vehicle is off when said operational state corresponds to a second state. When said operational state corresponds to said second state, the method further includes asking the driver via an output interface if extended drive of climate system is desired, monitoring reply from driver on an input interface, if confirmation of extended drive of climate system is registered on the input interface, setting a timer for extended drive of the climate system, activating climate system for the vehicle, and deactivating the climate system at the time specified by the timer.

A vehicle control device includes an article storage condition acquiring section that acquires a storage condition of an article that is accommodated in a room of a vehicle, and an indoor environment control section that controls an indoor environment of the vehicle by operating an air-conditioning device of the vehicle, and sunshades, based on the storage condition acquired in the article storage condition acquiring section.

A vehicle occupant safety system includes temperature, ambient, and interior monitoring modules. The temperature monitoring module includes at least one temperature sensor. The temperature monitoring module is configured to detect temperatures in zones within an interior of a vehicle. The ambient temperature sensor is configured to detect an ambient temperature within the interior of the vehicle. The interior monitoring module is configured to: based on the detected temperatures of the zones, determine for the zones at least one of a temperature gradient over time or a temperature gradient over space; determine if the ambient temperature is outside a predetermined range; and in response to the ambient temperature being outside the predetermined range and based on the at least one of a temperature gradient over time or a temperature gradient over space, detecting an occupant in the vehicle and performing a countermeasure to prevent an injury to the occupant.

This disclosure describes vehicle climate control systems and methods for more intelligently controlling an occupant comfort level within a vehicle interior in a manner that minimizes energy usage of the vehicle. The climate control system may be automatically controlled in an economical mode (i.e., ECO mode) when certain vehicle conditions are met. For example, the decision to activate the ECO mode of the climate control system may be a function of one or more variables including, but not limited to, vehicle speed, vehicle speed differentials, ambient temperatures, temperature differentials, battery state of charge, predicted low battery state of charge, etc.

A system in a vehicle includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to identify a location of the vehicle, a sensor configured to determine a temperature of one or more objects, and a processor in communication with the GPS receiver and the sensor. The processor is programmed to in response to a signal identifying the temperature below a threshold amount, output a notification to a display, wherein the notification identifies temperature sensitive objects in the vehicle compartment.

A cooling structure for an electronic control unit which is mounted in a vehicle, includes: a duct having a flow channel on which the electronic control unit is disposed; and a blower configured to take air in the inside of the vehicle and to emit the air to the flow channel of the duct, wherein the duct is configured to: cool the electronic control unit with the air emitted from the blower; and discharge air which has been used to cool the electronic control unit to the outside of the vehicle.

Systems and methods for simultaneously performing engine coolant stagnation and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler cooling in an engine include providing a coolant circuit configured to flow coolant through both a block of the engine and an EGR cooler of a cooled EGR (CEGR) system of the engine, a main pump on the coolant circuit that is driven by an electric motor or a crankshaft of the engine to pump coolant through a block of the engine, and a secondary pump on the coolant circuit that, when energized, is configured to pump coolant through the coolant circuit, and, during a cold start of the engine, de-energizing the electric motor or disconnecting the main pump from the engine crankshaft to stagnate coolant in the engine block and energizing the secondary pump to flow coolant through the EGR cooler of the CEGR system.

A vehicle and a network system are provided to operate the air conditioning apparatus of the vehicle when a passenger within the vehicle is left unattended. The vehicle transmits a signal via a vehicle network to rescue the rear passenger, thereby ensuring passenger safety. The vehicle includes an output device and a communicator configured to communicate with a user terminal, an air conditioner, a sensor. The sensor obtains a movement of the passenger and a controller outputs an identification image through the output device when a movement signal of the passenger exceeds a reference signal after the vehicle doors are closed.

There is provided a vehicle air conditioning apparatus capable of saving the installation space of the components equipped in the vehicle and reducing the manufacturing cost, by sharing the heat source in the vehicle. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes a heat medium circuit to which a heat medium heater configured to heat a heat medium and a battery B are connected to allow the battery B to be heated by the heat medium flowing therethrough. The heat medium circuit includes a heat medium heat releasing unit which is provided downstream of the heat medium heater and upstream of the battery B in a heat medium flow direction, and configured to release the heat from the heat medium to the air to be supplied to the vehicle compartment.