BLOWER NOISE COMPENSATION

• US 20150093981A1
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Fusco, Frank, Koberstein, Manfred, Jones, Curtis M., Wallington, Alan D.
• Application Number:
  US14/039,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20150093981A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 454/75
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00742 by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00792 Arrangement of detectors B60H1/00742, B60H1/0075, B60H1/00785 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00828 Ventilators, e.g. speed control B60H1/00864 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/023 including defroster or demisting means

Abstract

A system includes a blower controller that controls the operation of at least one vehicle blower and a processing device that receives a user input associated with operation of the vehicle blower, detects whether a mobile device is in use, and commands the blower controller to control the operation of the at least one vehicle blower according to the user input while the mobile device is in use. A method includes receiving a user input associated with operation of at least one vehicle blower, detecting whether a mobile device is in use, and commanding a blower controller to control the operation of the at least one vehicle blower according to the user input while the mobile device is in use.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a blower controller configured to control operation of at least one vehicle blower;

a processing device configured to receive a user input associated with operation of the vehicle blower, detect whether a mobile device is in use, and command the blower controller to control the operation of the at least one vehicle blower according to the user input while the mobile device is in use.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein detecting whether the mobile device is in use includes the processing device determining whether the mobile device has received an incoming call or made an outgoing call.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is configure to determine whether an exception condition exists and command the blower controller to control the vehicle blower according to the exception condition.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the exception condition exists when the vehicle blower is operating in a defrost mode or a maximum output mode.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the processing device is configured to command the blower controller to maintain the operation of the at least one vehicle blower when the exception condition exists.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is configured to receive a user override and command the blower controller to control the operation of the vehicle blower according to the user override at least while the mobile device is in use.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is configured to save the user input to a user profile and query a profile database for the user profile.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising a communication module configure to pair with the mobile device, and wherein the processing device is configured to associate the user profile to the mobile device paired with the communication module.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is configured to determine that the mobile device is no longer in use and command the blower controller to control the operation of the at least one blower according to a previous setting when the mobile device is no longer in use.

10. A method comprising

receiving a user input associated with operation of at least one vehicle blower;

detecting whether a mobile device is in use; and

commanding, via computing device, a blower controller to control the operation of the at least one vehicle blower according to the user input while the mobile device is in use.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein detecting whether the mobile device is in use includes determining, via the computing device, whether the mobile device has received an incoming call or made an outgoing call.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether an exception condition exists; and

commanding the blower controller to control the vehicle blower according to the exception condition.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the exception condition exists when the vehicle blower is operating in a defrost mode or a maximum output mode.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein commanding the blower controller according to the exception condition includes commanding the blower controller to maintain the operation of the at least one vehicle blower when the exception condition exists.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a user override; and

commanding the blower controller to control the operation of the vehicle blower according to the user override at least while the mobile device is in use.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

saving the user input to a user profile associated with the mobile device; and

querying a profile database for the user profile.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining that the mobile device is no longer in use; and

commanding the blower controller to control the operation of the at least one blower according to a previous setting when the mobile device is no longer in use.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions that cause a processor to execute operations comprising:

receiving a user input associated with operation of at least one vehicle blower;

saving the user input to a user profile associated with a paired mobile device;

detecting whether a mobile device is in use;

querying a profile database for the user profile;

commanding a blower controller to control the operation of the at least one vehicle blower according to the user input while the mobile device is in use;

determining that the mobile device is no longer in use; and

commanding the blower controller to control the operation of the at least one blower according to a previous setting when the mobile device is no longer in use.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein detecting whether the mobile device is in use includes determining whether the mobile device has received an incoming call or made an outgoing call.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising:

determining whether an exception condition exists;

determining whether a user override has been received; and

commanding the blower controller to maintain the operation of the vehicle blower if the exception condition exists or the user override was received.