VEHICLE ELECTRICAL POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND VEHICLE ELECTRICAL POWER MANAGEMENT MODULE

• US 20110163597A1
• Filed: 03/23/2010
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: World Friendship Company Limited
• Original Assignee: World Friendship Company Limited
• Inventors: Hsieh, Fang-Ming, LIN, Shih-Yao
• Application Number:
  US12/729,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20110163597A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/9.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00

Abstract

A vehicle electrical power management module is capable of controlling electrical power supplying to an air conditioning load with respect to an overall amount of electrical power associated with a vehicle and an actual temperature value inside the vehicle. The vehicle electrical power management module comprises, an AC to DC conversion unit, a setup unit, a switching unit, and a micro-control unit. The AC to DC conversion unit transfers an AC input power to a DC input power. The setup unit outputs a standard temperature value with respect to a user setting. The switch unit is coupled to the DC to AC conversion unit. The micro-control unit receives the plurality of temperature signals from a number of temperature sensor units and controls the switch unit to supply power to a plurality of air conditioning loads in response to the plurality of temperature signals and the standard temperature value.

Claims

1. A vehicle electrical power management module, adapted for controlling electrical power supplied to a plurality of air conditioning loads, comprising:

an AC to DC conversion unit, coupled to an electrical power supply unit, for converting an AC input power to a DC input power;

a setup unit, coupled to the AC to DC conversion unit, for outputting a standard temperature value in response to a user setting;

a switching unit, coupled to the AC to DC conversion unit; and

a micro-control unit, respectively coupled to a plurality of temperature detecting units, the AC to DC conversion unit, and the switching unit, for receiving a plurality of temperature signals from the plurality of temperature detecting units and controlling the switching unit to switch electrical power supplied to the plurality of air conditioning loads in response to the temperature signals with respect to the standard temperature value, wherein the temperature detecting units corresponds to the air conditioning loads.

2. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 1, wherein the AC to DC conversion unit is a charging circuit which is able to output a charging voltage to a secondary battery, wherein the secondary battery outputs a DC electrical power.

3. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 2, wherein the micro-control unit compares the plurality of temperature detecting signals to the standard temperature value, so that whenever either one of the temperature detecting signals is higher than the standard temperature value, the micro-control unit controls the switching unit to be switched to the air conditioning load in corresponding to the temperature detecting unit which is detected to have the temperature detecting signal higher than the standard temperature value for supplying electrical power.

4. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 3, wherein the micro-control unit sorts the temperature values among the plurality of temperature detecting signals from high to low and controls the switching unit to prioritize electrical power supplying to the air conditioning loads in corresponding to the temperature detecting signals representing higher temperature values.

5. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 4, further including a detecting unit, coupled to the electrical power supply unit, for outputting a first detecting signal in response to the AC input power.

6. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 5, wherein the setup unit outputs a standard input power value with respect to a user setting.

7. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 6, wherein the micro-control unit controls the detecting unit to output a first AC output power in response to the first detecting signal and the standard input power value.

8. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 7, further including a DC to AC conversion unit, respectively coupled to the detecting unit and the secondary battery, for converting the AC electrical power outputted from the secondary battery to an AC electrical power and outputting the AC electrical power to the detecting unit

9. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 8, wherein the detecting unit outputs a second detecting signal in response to the AC electrical power.

10. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 9, wherein the micro-control unit controls the detecting unit to output a second AC output power in response to the second detecting signal and the standard input power value.

11. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 2, wherein the setup unit outputs a battery type signal in response to a user setting.

12. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 11, wherein the micro-control unit outputs a charging process signal to the AC to DC conversion unit in response to the battery type signal.

13. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 12, further including a over-temperature protecting unit, coupled to the micro-control unit, for outputting a battery temperature signal with respect to a surrounding temperature of the secondary battery.

14. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 13, wherein the micro-control unit controls the AC to DC conversion unit to output the charging voltage in response to the battery temperature signal.

15. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 1, wherein the detecting unit includes a current transformer.

16. The vehicle electrical power management module according to claim 1, wherein the micro-control unit couples to a remote monitoring module being outputting a control signal to the micro-control unit.

17. A vehicle electrical power management apparatus, adapted for controlling an environmental temperature inside a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of air conditioning load;

a plurality of temperature detecting components, being respectively detecting surrounding temperatures of the plurality of air conditioning load;

a secondary battery, coupled to the AC to DC conversion unit, for outputting a standard temperature value in response to a user setting;

a switching unit, for storing an electrical power; and

a vehicle electrical power management module, coupled to an electrical power supply unit, the secondary battery, the air conditioning load, and a temperature detecting module, for converting an AC input power to a DC input power, then charging the secondary battery, and switching electrical power supplied to the plurality of air conditioning load in response to the surrounding temperatures of the air conditioning loads.

18. The vehicle electrical power management apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the vehicle electrical power management module includes:

an AC to DC conversion unit, coupled to the electrical power supply unit, for converting the AC input power to the DC input power;

a setup unit, coupled to the AC to DC conversion unit, for outputting a standard temperature value in response to a user setting;

a switching unit, coupled to the AC to DC conversion unit; and

a micro-control unit, respectively coupled to a plurality of temperature detecting units, the AC to DC conversion unit, and the switching unit, for receiving a plurality of temperature signals from the plurality of temperature detecting units and controlling the switching unit to switch electrical power supplied to the plurality of air conditioning loads in response to the temperature signals with respect to the standard temperature value.

19. The vehicle electrical power management apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the setup unit includes a switch and an illuminating element.

20. The vehicle electrical power management apparatus according to claim 17, further including a remote monitoring module, coupled to the vehicle electrical power management module.