Electronic control system for a heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning installation for a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. An electronic control system for a motor vehicle heating and ventilating installation comprising:
- a control device comprising a memory for memorizing a table of correspondence between inputs comprising sets of parameters and operational adjustments, the control device adapted to control a passenger compartment environmental effector according to the parameters and adjustments;
a data unit including user-operable controls designed to obtain a set of running parameters from a user, the data unit further including manual programming elements, the memory comprising a plurality of zones, each adapted individually to store a set of parameters received from the user through the data unit in a pre-determined format, the control device further including means electrically connecting together each said memory zone with a corresponding said manual programming element;
wherein actuation of one of said manual programming elements causes the set of running parameters to be stored as a set of programmed parameters in the associated memory zone, the control device further adapted to designate a set of programmed parameters in accordance with a pre-defined criterion and to instigate said adjustments corresponding to said set of programmed parameters.
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Abstract
The control system includes: a memory for memorizing a table of correspondence between inputs which comprise, on the one hand, sets of parameters and, on the other hand, operational adjustments of the working parts of the installation; an installation interface for instigating such adjustments; and a data unit having touch pads or other manual setting elements operated by the user so as to define a set of desired (or running) parameters. The data unit also has manual programming elements, and the memory includes individual zones for storing a set of parameters, each of these zones being associated with one of the manual programming elements, so that actuation of one of the latter stores the set of running parameters in the associated programming zone as a set of programmed parameters. The control system also includes selection means for designating a set of programmed parameters in accordance with a predefined criterion, in such a way that the installation interface can then instigate the corresponding adjustments.
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29 Claims
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1. An electronic control system for a motor vehicle heating and ventilating installation comprising:
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a control device comprising a memory for memorizing a table of correspondence between inputs comprising sets of parameters and operational adjustments, the control device adapted to control a passenger compartment environmental effector according to the parameters and adjustments; a data unit including user-operable controls designed to obtain a set of running parameters from a user, the data unit further including manual programming elements, the memory comprising a plurality of zones, each adapted individually to store a set of parameters received from the user through the data unit in a pre-determined format, the control device further including means electrically connecting together each said memory zone with a corresponding said manual programming element; wherein actuation of one of said manual programming elements causes the set of running parameters to be stored as a set of programmed parameters in the associated memory zone, the control device further adapted to designate a set of programmed parameters in accordance with a pre-defined criterion and to instigate said adjustments corresponding to said set of programmed parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store a plurality of values of a running parameter for an operation level of a passenger compartment environmental effector of a vehicle; an input interface configured to receive the plurality of values of the running parameter from a user and store the plurality of values in the memory, and to receive one of a plurality of possible trigger signals; and a controller that responds to the received trigger signal by retrieving a stored running parameter associated with the received trigger signal and driving the environmental effector in accord with the retrieved parameter. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store running parameters for operation levels of a plurality of passenger compartment environmental effectors of a vehicle; an input interface configured to receive values of the running parameters from a user and store a plurality of values for the operation levels of the effectors in the memory, and to receive a trigger signal; and an controller that responds to the trigger signal by retrieving a stored group of running parameters and driving the environmental effectors in accord with the retrieved parameters. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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