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US 12,515,490 · App. 18/627,987 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Apparatus of multi-air mode for vehicle air conditioner and method of controlling the same

Inventors: JiMin Park (Suwon-si, KR); Yongchul Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
B60H1/00028B60H1/00564B60H1/00735B60H1/00828B60H1/00964B60K35/10B60K35/20B60H2001/00192
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Patent No.
US 12,515,490
App. No.
18/627,987
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of controlling an apparatus of multi-air mode for an air conditioner of a vehicle includes turning on power to the air conditioner, by a driver using an air conditioner operation unit provided in the vehicle. The method includes: determining, by a controller, whether a driver has turned on a multi-air mode through the air conditioner operation unit; in response to determining that the multi-air mode is turned on, operating, by the controller, the air conditioner in the multi-air mode; determining, by the controller, whether an intensity of air discharged from the air conditioner is greater than or equal to a first stage; and in response to determining that the intensity of air discharged from the air conditioner is greater than or equal to the first stage, automatically adjusting, by the controller, the intensity of the air to a second stage less than the first stage.

Claims (16)

1 . A method of controlling an apparatus of multi-air mode for an air conditioner of a vehicle, the method comprising:

turning on, by a driver using an air conditioner operation unit provided in the vehicle, power to the air conditioner;

turning on, by the driver, a multi-air mode through the air conditioner operation unit;

operating, by a controller, the air conditioner operation unit in the multi-air mode;

determining, by the controller, whether an intensity of air discharged from the air conditioner is greater than or equal to a first stage;

in response to determining that the intensity of air discharged from the air conditioner is greater than or equal to the first stage, automatically adjusting, by the controller, the intensity of the air to a second stage less than the first stage;

after automatically adjusting the intensity of the air to the second stage, determining, by the controller, whether the intensity of the air discharged from the air conditioner is manually selected;

in response to determining that the intensity of the air discharged from the air conditioner is manually selected, operating at a manually selected stage;

turning off, by the driver, the multi-air mode through the air conditioner operation unit; and

operating, by the controller, the air conditioner operation unit in a state before the multi-air mode is turned on.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the multi-air mode is not turned on, operating, by the controller, the air conditioner in a state before the multi-air mode is turned on.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the intensity of air discharged from the air conditioner is less the first stage, maintaining, by the controller, the intensity of the air in a state before the first stage.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the intensity of the air discharged from the air conditioner is not manually selected, maintaining, by the controller, the intensity of air in a state of the second stage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2024
From: PARK, JIMIN; KIM, YONGCHUL
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067022/0554 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0100674 · Aug 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17188068 · Mar 1, 2021
Related Publication 20240246386A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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