A transportation refrigeration system configured for use with a vehicle having a vehicle energy storage device that stores electrical power for a propulsion motor that propels the vehicle, the transportation refrigeration system including: a transportation refrigeration unit; an energy storage device electrically connected to the transportation refrigeration unit, the energy storage device configured to store electrical power to power the transportation refrigeration unit; and a single charge port electrically connected to the vehicle energy storage device and the energy storage device, wherein the single charge port is configured to receive grid power from a charging station.

The present disclosure provides a vehicle control device including: a fluid circuit, mutually connecting an engine, a vehicle cabin interior heat exchanger for discharging heat into a vehicle cabin interior, and a heat discharging heat exchanger included in a refrigerant cycle in which a refrigerant is compressed and expanded by a compressor, and in which a fluid circulates; and a control unit for controlling the compressor and the engine such that, in a case in which engine warm-up operation ending conditions have not been established and in a case in which predetermined stopping conditions, other than the warm-up operation ending conditions, for stopping engine idling have been established, the compressor is operated while the engine is idling so as to release heat from the refrigerant from the heat discharging heat exchanger and to heat the fluid.

A vehicle ventilating/cooling system may include at least one sun-load sensor arranged within the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a sun-load signal indicating a sun-load level from the sensor and programmed to instruct at least one cooling component to conduct a purge of vehicle cabin air in response to the sun-load level exceeding a sun-load threshold.

A control device causes an air conditioner of a vehicle to operate in response to a request signal which is transmitted from outside of the vehicle. The control device includes a control unit. When the request signal is received, the control unit is configured to estimate a degree of frost or a degree of fogging which has occurred on a window of the vehicle based on an inside air temperature, an outside air temperature, and an inside humidity of the vehicle and to set a time over which the air conditioner operates based on the degree of frost or the degree of fogging.

The present disclosure provides a method including determining an operational mode of a vehicle based on data accumulated from at least one vehicle information system associated with the vehicle; selecting one of a plurality of power consumption profiles for the vehicle based on the determined operational mode; and applying the selected one of the power consumption profiles to the vehicle.

A system, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium for predicting a trip destination of a user based on user behavior learning are provided. Historical behaviors and a target behavior of the user are received from a feature processing layer, and the received historical behaviors and the target behavior are embedded with features including a time and a location to produce a context modeling layer. A user modeling layer is produced by embedding the context modeling layer. A trip destination is predicted based on historical trip data and target trip data in the user modeling layer.

The disclosed embodiments are directed to detecting persons or animals trapped in vehicles and providing automated assistance to such persons or animals. In one embodiment a method is disclosed comprising detecting that a vehicle is stopped; activating at least one camera and recording at least one image of an interior of the vehicle using the at least one camera; classifying the at least one image using a machine learning model; and operating at least one subsystem of the vehicle in response to detecting that classifying indicates that a person or animal is present in the at least one image.

Embodiments include a method for pre-conditioning a cabin of a vehicle, the method comprising: collecting, by a climate control system of the vehicle, a set of current conditions related to the vehicle; sending, by the climate control system of the vehicle, to a cloud-based climate control service, the collected set of current conditions related to the vehicle; receiving, by the climate control system of the vehicle from the cloud-based climate control service, a set of pre-conditioning instructions defining operation of the climate control system of the vehicle without input from a user of the vehicle and before the user enters the vehicle; and controlling, by the climate control system of the vehicle, a Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle based on the received pre-conditioning instructions.

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.

Systems and methods for heating and cooling a vehicle using a heat pump are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for heating and cooling the vehicle includes a heat pump having: a compressor located in an engine compartment of the vehicle, and an evaporator located in a sleeper or a cab of the vehicle. The system also includes a controller for selecting a cooling mode or a heating mode for the heat pump. In one embodiment, the system includes a clutch for engaging the compressor with a transmission of the vehicle.