Adaptive control of automotive HVAC system using crowd-sourcing data
First Claim
1. A method of adaptive climate control system operation in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- sensing climate conditions and control settings in the vehicle;
adjusting command parameters of the climate control system according to the sensed climate conditions and control settings;
sending a cloud request to a remote server including peer environmental parameters associated with the vehicle;
receiving a response from the remote server;
parsing the response into crowd data and weights that indicate a confidence level of the crowd data; and
applying the crowd data and weights to a fuzzy rule set to further adjust the command parameters, wherein the fuzzy rule set is further responsive to the sensed climate conditions.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle comprises an HVAC system including a climate control circuit coupled to onboard sensors, a human-machine interface, and climate actuators. The actuators are responsive to respective command parameters generated by the control circuit in response to the sensors and the human-machine interface. A wireless communication system transmits vehicle HVAC data to and receives crowd data from a remote server. The control circuit initiates a request for crowd data via the communication system to the remote server, wherein the request includes peer parameters for identifying a vehicle environment. The control circuit receives a response via the communication system from the remote server. The response comprises crowd data and at least one weight indicating a confidence level associated with the crowd data. The control circuit generates at least one command parameter using a set of fuzzy rules responsive to the crowd data and the weight from the response.
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1. A method of adaptive climate control system operation in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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sensing climate conditions and control settings in the vehicle; adjusting command parameters of the climate control system according to the sensed climate conditions and control settings; sending a cloud request to a remote server including peer environmental parameters associated with the vehicle; receiving a response from the remote server; parsing the response into crowd data and weights that indicate a confidence level of the crowd data; and applying the crowd data and weights to a fuzzy rule set to further adjust the command parameters, wherein the fuzzy rule set is further responsive to the sensed climate conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Apparatus comprising:
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a data collection server receiving real-time climate data and peer parameters from a vehicle fleet; a database storing climate data sorted according to peer environmental parameters; a request agent receiving user requests having corresponding peer environmental parameters; a data selector retrieving relevant crowd data according to the request and weighting crowd data according to similarity of peer environmental parameters; wherein the request agent transmits the crowd data and weights to the user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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