Method of controlling a heating and air conditioning system in a motor vehicle
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1. A method of controlling a vehicle interior heating and air conditioning system equipped with actuators, comprising the acts of:
- detecting interior conditions with an interior sensing system;
detecting automatically seat occupancy with an object recognition system on the basis of the data received from the interior sensing system; and
adjusting automatically the heating and air conditioning system actuators as a function of seat occupancy to maintain desired interior conditions at at least one of a plurality of seats within the vehicle interior.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a heating and air conditioning system equipped with actuators, preferably vents, whereby interior conditions are detected by an interior sensing system, at least the seat occupancy with occupants is automatically recognized by an object recognition system on the basis of the data supplied by the interior sensing system, and an optimized adjustment of the heating and air conditioning system to the seat occupancy is automatically performed as a function of the seat occupancy.
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1. A method of controlling a vehicle interior heating and air conditioning system equipped with actuators, comprising the acts of:
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detecting interior conditions with an interior sensing system;
detecting automatically seat occupancy with an object recognition system on the basis of the data received from the interior sensing system; and
adjusting automatically the heating and air conditioning system actuators as a function of seat occupancy to maintain desired interior conditions at at least one of a plurality of seats within the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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