LOCATION BASED METHOD FOR IMPROVING VEHICLE CABIN AIR QUALITY
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1. A system for improving in-cabin air quality of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an air quality hazard database comprising a computer readable medium having stored thereon at least one of a static air quality hazard location and a dynamic air quality hazard location, each of the air quality hazard locations associated with compromised air quality;
a vehicle telematics unit capable of receiving input comprising the at least one of the static air quality hazard location and the dynamic air quality hazard location; and
wherein the vehicle telematics unit issues instructions to adjust the vehicle'"'"'s climate controls to minimize an impact of an air quality hazard on the in-cabin air quality when the vehicle enters a hazardous area associated with each of the air quality hazard locations.
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Abstract
Ways are provided for improving the in-cabin air quality of a vehicle by automatically adjusting the HVAC system settings sufficiently in advance of approaching a location associated with an air quality hazard. In one example, the vehicle'"'"'s telematics unit correlates the vehicle'"'"'s position information with locations of static and dynamic air quality hazards, including locations of incidents potentially affecting the air quality in vicinity of the vehicle'"'"'s location and issues instructions to adjust the HVAC settings to minimize the impact on in-cabin air quality.
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1. A system for improving in-cabin air quality of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an air quality hazard database comprising a computer readable medium having stored thereon at least one of a static air quality hazard location and a dynamic air quality hazard location, each of the air quality hazard locations associated with compromised air quality; a vehicle telematics unit capable of receiving input comprising the at least one of the static air quality hazard location and the dynamic air quality hazard location; and wherein the vehicle telematics unit issues instructions to adjust the vehicle'"'"'s climate controls to minimize an impact of an air quality hazard on the in-cabin air quality when the vehicle enters a hazardous area associated with each of the air quality hazard locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for improving in-cabin air quality of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing, in a computer readable medium, at least one of a static air quality hazard location and a dynamic air quality hazard location, each of the air quality hazard locations associated with compromised air quality; transmitting, to a vehicle telematics unit, the at least one of the static air quality hazard location and the dynamic air quality hazard location; and automatically adjusting the vehicle'"'"'s climate controls to minimize an impact of an air quality hazard on the in-cabin air quality when the vehicle enters a hazardous area associated with each of the air quality hazard locations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for improving in-cabin air quality of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a vehicle telematics unit, an air quality hazard location, the air quality hazard location associated with compromised air quality; and automatically adjusting the vehicle'"'"'s climate controls to minimize an impact of an air quality hazard on the in-cabin air quality when the vehicle enters a hazardous area associated with the air quality hazard location. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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