Patent ID: 11870290
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 10:
11. A power control apparatus of a vehicle which comprises an electrical load, a generator, a battery and a battery sensor, the power control apparatus comprising:
a transceiver configured to communicate with the electrical load and the battery sensor; and
a controller configured to:
control an operation of the generator based on a charging rate of the battery received from the battery sensor;
identify a power generation margin representing a ratio of a power that the generator is operable to output to a maximum power based on a duty ratio of an input voltage applied to the generator;
control the transceiver to transmit a message for reducing power consumption to the electrical load based on a comparison between the power generation margin and a target margin; and
set the target margin based on a sum of a first target margin based on the charging rate of the battery, a second target margin based on a driving state of the vehicle, a third target margin based on a type of the electrical load, and a fourth target margin based on the duty ratio of the input voltage.