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Automotive air-conditioning system with different user-selectable operating profiles

  • US 10,035,403 B2
  • Filed: 02/05/2016
  • Issued: 07/31/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automotive air-conditioning system comprising:

  • an electronic control unit programmed to store different user-selectable operating profiles for the air-conditioning system, each of which is defined by corresponding air temperature, air flow rate and air distribution in the passenger compartment; and

    a human-machine interface configured to allow a user to select one of the stored operating profiles;

    wherein the electronic control unit is further programmed to automatically control the air-conditioning system operation based on the selected operating profile;

    wherein the stored operating profiles comprise;

    one or more factory operating profiles, andone or more user operating profiles, each associated to a corresponding user;

    wherein the factory operating profiles comprise;

    an automatic operating profile; and

    non-modifiable operating profiles;

    wherein, in response to the selection of the automatic operating profile, the electronic control unit is further programmed to determine comfort air-conditioning conditions in the passenger compartment based on physical quantities comprising one or more among internal air temperature, outside air temperature, air vent air temperature, internal air humidity and solar radiation, and to control the operation of the air-conditioning system accordingly;

    wherein the human-machine interface is further configured to allow a user to select a user operating profile category and, within the category, one of the user operating profiles; and

    wherein the human-machine interface comprises;

    a selection knob configured to assume different selection positions, wherein a selection position is associated with the user operating profile category, a selection position is associated with the automatic operating profile, and other selection positions are associated with corresponding non-modifiable operating profiles; and

    selection and activation buttons and/or a voice recognition system to select a user operating profile within the user operating profile category.

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