Patent ID: 9333832
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B60H,B60Y,F25B,F25D

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing an air conditioning compressor efficiency control in a vehicle comprising: determining one or more vehicle driving scores based on one or more vehicle driving factors; predicting when the vehicle will be put into a vehicle idle stop state based on the one or more vehicle driving scores including a vehicle cruise control actuation score that is a summation of the cruise control signal actuation over the course of a predetermined amount of time; determining an air conditioning operating state based on the prediction of when the vehicle will be put into the vehicle idle state; providing air conditioning during a plurality of vehicle operating states during at least one of: an engine enabled state and a vehicle idle stop state; and wherein providing air conditioning during a plurality of vehicle operating states includes disabling an air conditioner compressor and providing cooling to a vehicle cabin from a cold storage evaporator when the vehicle operating state is the vehicle idle stop state and continuing to provide cooling to the vehicle cabin from the cold storage evaporator when the vehicle operating state changes from the vehicle idle stop state to the engine enabled state until a sufficient amount of cold storage material remains frozen.