Patent ID: 11897311
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that are executable by a computer and that cause the computer to perform functions comprising:
receiving a remote signal containing a target temperature in a cabin and an expected traveling start time of a vehicle from a remote controller used by a user of the vehicle;
performing preheating of the cabin in a second air-conditioning mode when a temperature in the cabin is predicted to be increasable to the target temperature in the second air-conditioning mode before the expected traveling start time, the second air-conditioning mode being an air-conditioning mode in which the preheating is performed by using an electric heat pump, the preheating being based on a remote operation; and
performing the preheating of the cabin in a first air-conditioning mode when the temperature in the cabin is predicted not to be increasable to the target temperature in the second air-conditioning mode before the expected traveling start time, the first air-conditioning mode being an air-conditioning mode in which the preheating is performed by using exhaust heat generated when an internal combustion engine operates.