System and Method for Remotely Managing Climate Control Systems of a Fleet of Vehicles
First Claim
1. A method for simultaneously managing climate control systems of a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
- at a fleet server remote from a fleet of vehicles having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors;
receiving, from each vehicle of the fleet of vehicles, at least one parameter relaying information about a performance of a climate control system of the respective vehicle, each climate control system configured to include an electrically driven compressor;
determining, by the fleet server, whether a performance inefficiency exists for the climate control system of at least one vehicle of the fleet of vehicles based at least in part on the at least one parameter received from the at least one vehicle;
upon determining that the performance inefficiency exists for the climate control system of the at least one vehicle, determining, by the fleet server, an efficient operational setting that reduces the performance inefficiency of the climate control system of the at least one vehicle of the fleet of vehicles; and
transmitting, by the fleet server, an operational setting instruction to the at least one vehicle to control the climate control system of the at least one vehicle.
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Abstract
The method simultaneously manages climate control systems of a fleet of vehicles at a fleet server remote from the vehicles. The fleet server has one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the processor(s). Initially, at least one parameter relaying information about performance of a climate control system of a respective vehicle is received, from each vehicle. Each vehicle'"'"'s climate control system includes at least an electrically driven compressor. The system then determines whether a performance inefficiency exists for the climate control system of at least one vehicle based at least in part on the parameter(s) received from the at least one vehicle. Upon determining that a performance inefficiency exists, an efficient operational setting that reduces the performance inefficiency is determined. Finally, an operational setting instruction is transmitted to the at least one vehicle to control the climate control system of that vehicle.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for simultaneously managing climate control systems of a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
at a fleet server remote from a fleet of vehicles having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors; receiving, from each vehicle of the fleet of vehicles, at least one parameter relaying information about a performance of a climate control system of the respective vehicle, each climate control system configured to include an electrically driven compressor; determining, by the fleet server, whether a performance inefficiency exists for the climate control system of at least one vehicle of the fleet of vehicles based at least in part on the at least one parameter received from the at least one vehicle; upon determining that the performance inefficiency exists for the climate control system of the at least one vehicle, determining, by the fleet server, an efficient operational setting that reduces the performance inefficiency of the climate control system of the at least one vehicle of the fleet of vehicles; and transmitting, by the fleet server, an operational setting instruction to the at least one vehicle to control the climate control system of the at least one vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for displaying energy parameters or characteristics of a vehicle climate control system of at least one vehicle, the climate control system comprising a controller configured to be coupled to an electrically driven compressor powered by an auxiliary power source, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the controller from a fleet server remote from the at least one vehicle, at least one graphics instruction relating to a state of the at least one vehicle'"'"'s auxiliary power source; and displaying on a graphical user interface (GUI), (i) a parameter associated with the climate control system of the at least one vehicle, and (ii) a ring surrounding the parameter, wherein the ring represents the state of the auxiliary power source that changes color, intensity, or size based on a degree of energy efficiency of the climate control system of the at least one vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A system, remote from a fleet of vehicles, for simultaneously managing climate control systems of at least one vehicle of the fleet of vehicles, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; a receiver coupled to the one or more processors; a transmitter coupled to the one or more processors; and memory coupled to the one or more processors and comprising one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for; receiving, from each vehicle of the fleet of vehicles, by the receiver, at least one parameter relaying information about a performance of a climate control system of each vehicle, each climate control system configured to include an electrically driven compressor; determining, by the one or more processors, whether a performance inefficiency exists for the climate control system of the at least one vehicle of the fleet of vehicles based at least in part on the at least one parameter received from the at least one vehicle; upon determining that the performance inefficiency exists for the climate control system of the at least one vehicle, determining, by the one or more processors, an efficient operational setting that reduces the performance inefficiency of the climate control system of the at least one vehicle of the fleet of vehicles; and transmitting, by the transmitter, an operational setting instruction to the at least one vehicle to control the climate control system.
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20. A method for displaying energy parameters or characteristics of a climate control system of at least one vehicle of a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising:
at a server system remote from the fleet of vehicles, having one or more processors, a receiver and a transmitter each coupled to the one or more processors, and memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory comprising one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors; receiving by the receiver, from a controller configured to be coupled to an electrically driven compressor of the climate control system, information relating to a state of an auxiliary power source powering the electrically driven compressor; determining, by the server, a degree of energy efficiency and a remaining runtime based on the state of the auxiliary power source; generating, by the transmitter, a graphics instruction based on the state of the auxiliary power source; transmitting, by the controller, the graphics instruction to display on a graphical user interface (GUI);
(i) at least one parameter associated with the climate control system, and (ii) a ring surrounding the parameter, wherein the ring represents the state of the auxiliary power source that changes color, intensity, or size based on the degree of energy efficiency of the climate control system of the at least one vehicle.- View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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