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System and Method for Automatic Air Conditioning/Heating Venting Control Detection for Vehicles

  • US 20080046146A1
  • Filed: 07/28/2006
  • Published: 02/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implementable method for implementing automatic air conditioning/heating venting control for a vehicle, said computer-implementable method comprising:

  • implementing a vent control manager within a system memory of a data processing system, wherein said data processing system is located within a dashboard of said vehicle, and wherein said dashboard further includes a personalization accessory for providing an aesthetically pleasing driving environment for at least one passenger in said vehicle;

    coupling said vent control manager to at least one vent and at least one pressure sensor via a hardware control interface, wherein said at least one pressure sensor is located within at least one passenger seat within said vehicle;

    monitoring with said vent control manager at least one passenger seat in said vehicle to determine if a passenger is occupying said at least one passenger seat by measuring pressure applied to said at least one passenger seat with said at least one pressure sensor;

    determining if said at least one passenger seat is occupied by comparing said measured pressure applied to said at least one passenger seat to a predetermined pressure tbreshold; and

    in response to determining said seat is occupied, opening at least one vent facing said seat.

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