VEHICLE CLIMATE CONTROL
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- using, by a microprocessor, sensed climate control information, in lieu of or in addition to an interior temperature of a selected vehicle, to select a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the selected vehicle interior, wherein the sensed climate control information is at least one of the following;
a sensed body condition and/or characteristic of a selected occupant of the selected vehicle;
a sensed identity of the selected occupant;
a sensed exterior climate parameter respecting an exterior climate of the selected vehicle;
a sensed spatial location of the selected vehicle;
a sensed time;
a historical set of sensed parameters; and
a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings selected for a different nearby second vehicle, in temporal proximity to a time of selection of the vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the selected vehicle;
controlling, by the micropocessor and in accordance with the selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings, an operation of a climate control system of the selected vehicle.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of vehicle climate control are provided. Specifically, a vehicle with climate control includes a number of sensors for sensing climate control information, such as human bodily conditions, e.g., temperature or heart rate, of the human occupants of the vehicle, a processing unit, and a climate control. The processing unit uses the sensed human bodily conditions data from the sensors to activate the climate control the adjust the climate conditions for the human occupants. In another aspect of the disclosure, stress level of the human operator of a vehicle can be detected by sensing the bodily conditions of the human operator, determining the stress level of the human operator based on the sensed bodily conditions, and displaying a warning if the stress level is over a certain limit.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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using, by a microprocessor, sensed climate control information, in lieu of or in addition to an interior temperature of a selected vehicle, to select a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the selected vehicle interior, wherein the sensed climate control information is at least one of the following; a sensed body condition and/or characteristic of a selected occupant of the selected vehicle; a sensed identity of the selected occupant; a sensed exterior climate parameter respecting an exterior climate of the selected vehicle; a sensed spatial location of the selected vehicle; a sensed time; a historical set of sensed parameters; and a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings selected for a different nearby second vehicle, in temporal proximity to a time of selection of the vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the selected vehicle; controlling, by the micropocessor and in accordance with the selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings, an operation of a climate control system of the selected vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vehicle, comprising:
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a climate control system operable to control a climate in an interior of the vehicle, the climate control system comprising; a computer readable memory comprising climate control logic; and a microprocessor to execute the logic, the climate control logic performing the following operations when executed by the microprocessor; sense climate control information, in lieu of or in addition to an interior temperature of the vehicle, to select a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the vehicle interior, wherein the sensed climate control information is at least one of the following; a sensed body condition and/or characteristic of a selected occupant of the vehicle; a sensed identity of the selected occupant; a sensed exterior climate parameter respecting an exterior climate of the vehicle; a sensed spatial location of the vehicle; a sensed time; a historical set of sensed parameters; and a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings selected for a different second nearby vehicle, in temporal proximity to a time of selection of the vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the vehicle; control, in accordance with the selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings, an operation of the climate control system of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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