PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AIR QUALITY WITHIN AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
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1. A process for controlling air quality within an interior of a motor vehicle, the process comprising:
- providing a motor vehicle with an HVAC system, the HVAC system having an internal air supply (IAS) option and an external air supply (EAS) option, the HVAC system having an automated controller operative to activate the IAS for an IAS time and to activate the EAS for an EAS time, the HVAC system also having a manual controller operative for an individual to manually activate the IAS and the EAS; and
providing a reinforcement learning system (RLS) having a memory circuitry and a processing circuitry;
the memory circuitry having a lookup table with a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells associated with a motor vehicle condition and having a datum for a number of manual IAS activations and a datum for a number of manual EAS activations;
the processing circuitry querying one of the plurality of cells as a function of a current motor vehicle condition, reading the number of manual IAS activations and the number of manual EAS activations for the one cell, and adjusting the IAS time and the EAS time as a function of the queried data.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a process for controlling air quality within an interior of a motor vehicle. The process can include providing a motor vehicle with a heating-venting-air conditioning (HVAC) system, the HVAC system having an internal air supply option and an external air supply option. The process can also include providing a reinforcement learning system that can increase the air quality within the motor vehicle as a function of user preferences with respect to choosing the external air supply or the internal air supply.
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21 Claims
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1. A process for controlling air quality within an interior of a motor vehicle, the process comprising:
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providing a motor vehicle with an HVAC system, the HVAC system having an internal air supply (IAS) option and an external air supply (EAS) option, the HVAC system having an automated controller operative to activate the IAS for an IAS time and to activate the EAS for an EAS time, the HVAC system also having a manual controller operative for an individual to manually activate the IAS and the EAS; and providing a reinforcement learning system (RLS) having a memory circuitry and a processing circuitry; the memory circuitry having a lookup table with a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells associated with a motor vehicle condition and having a datum for a number of manual IAS activations and a datum for a number of manual EAS activations; the processing circuitry querying one of the plurality of cells as a function of a current motor vehicle condition, reading the number of manual IAS activations and the number of manual EAS activations for the one cell, and adjusting the IAS time and the EAS time as a function of the queried data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An air quality control system for controlling the air quality within an interior of a motor vehicle, the air quality control system comprising:
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a motor vehicle with a heating-venting-air conditioning (HVAC) system, said HVAC system having; an internal air supply (IAS) option and an external air supply (EAS) option; a manual controller operative for an individual to manually activate said IAS and said EAS; and a reinforcement learning system (RLS) having a memory circuitry and a processing circuitry, said RLS in electronic communication with said IAS and said EAS; said memory circuitry having a lookup table with a plurality of cells, each of said plurality of cells associated with a motor vehicle condition and having a datum for a number of manual IAS activations and a datum for a number of manual EAS option; each of said plurality of cells also having a stored IAS time value associated with how long said IAS should be activated for said motor vehicle condition and a stored EAS time value associated with how long said EAS should be activated for said motor vehicle condition; said processing circuitry operative to query one of said plurality of cells as a function of a current motor vehicle condition, read said number of manual IAS activations and said number of manual EAS activations and adjust said IAS time value and said EAS time value as a function of said number of manual IAS activations and said number of manual EAS activations. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An air quality control system for controlling air quality within an interior of a motor vehicle, said air quality control system comprising:
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a motor vehicle with a heating-venting-air conditioning (HVAC) system, said HVAC system having; an internal air supply (IAS) option and an external air supply (EAS) option; an automated controller operative to activate said IAS option and said EAS option; a manual controller operative for an individual to override said automated controller and manually activate said IAS option and said EAS option; a reinforcement learning system (RLS) in electronic communication with said automated controller, said RLS operative to maximize a length of time said IAS option is activated as a function of input from the individual and a motor vehicle condition when the individual is operating said motor vehicle, for the purpose of reducing the number of times the individual has to manually activate/switch between said IAS option or said EAS option. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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