Patent ID: 8779330

Claim:
A vehicle heater control apparatus to be mounted to a vehicle comprising an engine control system, the engine control system comprising: a temperature detecting portion for detecting one of an outside air temperature surrounding the vehicle and an intake air temperature of air to be sucked in an engine of the vehicle; and a traveling state detecting portion for detecting a traveling state of the vehicle, the engine control system using the traveling state and the one of the outside air temperature and the intake air temperature to control drive of the engine, the vehicle heater control apparatus comprising: a heater provided to a heated part of the vehicle; and a heater control portion for calculating electric power to be supplied to the heater based on the traveling state and the one of the outside air temperature and the intake air temperature, and outputting a heater drive command to the heater, wherein the heater control portion corrects the heater drive command depending on a load driving condition of the vehicle, wherein the load driving condition of the vehicle is at least one of a high-load state and a non-high load state, the high-load state being a state in which the vehicle is increasing power consumption.