Vehicle climate control
First Claim
1. A vehicle, comprising:
- a climate control system operable to control a climate in an interior of a selected vehicle, the climate control system comprising;
a tangible and non-transient 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 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 comprises 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; and
control, in accordance with the selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings, an operation of the climate control system of the selected vehicle, wherein the climate control parameters and/or settings are determined remotely from the selected vehicle and provided to the selected vehicle by the Internet, wherein the sensed climate control information received from each of multiple vehicles comprising the second vehicle is treated differently based on a distance of each of the multiple vehicles from the selected vehicle, and wherein each of the multiple vehicles is at a different distance from 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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43 Claims
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
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a climate control system operable to control a climate in an interior of a selected vehicle, the climate control system comprising; a tangible and non-transient 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 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 comprises 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; and control, in accordance with the selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings, an operation of the climate control system of the selected vehicle, wherein the climate control parameters and/or settings are determined remotely from the selected vehicle and provided to the selected vehicle by the Internet, wherein the sensed climate control information received from each of multiple vehicles comprising the second vehicle is treated differently based on a distance of each of the multiple vehicles from the selected vehicle, and wherein each of the multiple vehicles is at a different distance from the selected vehicle.
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2. A method, comprising:
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collecting, by a microprocessor, sensed climate control information, wherein the sensed climate control information comprises at least one of the following; (i) a sensed body condition and/or characteristic of a selected occupant of the selected vehicle; (ii) a sensed identity of the selected occupant; (iii) sensed exterior climate information respecting an exterior climate of the selected vehicle; (iv) sensed interior climate information respecting an interior climate of the selected vehicle; and (v) a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings selected by a different occupant of a different second vehicle; and controlling, by the microprocessor and in accordance with the selected sensed climate control information, an operation of a climate control system of the selected vehicle to produce a selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the selected vehicle interior, wherein multiple items of different ones of sensed climate control information (i) through (v) are collected, wherein each item of sensed climate control information is assigned a different weight value used in selecting the selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings and wherein the multiple items of different ones of sensed climate control information (i) through (v) have differing weight values. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A vehicle, comprising:
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a climate control system operable to control a climate in an interior of a selected vehicle, the climate control system comprising; a tangible and non-transient 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 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 comprises 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; and control, in accordance with the selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings, an operation of the climate control system of the selected vehicle, wherein the sensed climate control information received from each of multiple vehicles comprising the second vehicle is treated differently based on a distance of each of the multiple vehicles from the selected vehicle, and wherein each of the multiple vehicles is at a different distance from the selected vehicle.
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21. A vehicle, comprising:
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a climate control system operable to control a climate in an interior of a selected vehicle, the climate control system comprising; a tangible and non-transient 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; collect sensed climate control information, wherein the sensed climate control information comprises at least one of the following; (i) a sensed body condition and/or characteristic of a selected occupant of the selected vehicle; (ii) a sensed identity of the selected occupant; (iii) sensed exterior climate information respecting an exterior climate of the selected vehicle; (iv) sensed interior climate information respecting an interior climate of the selected vehicle; and (v) a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings selected by a different occupant of a different second vehicle; and control, in accordance with the selected sensed climate control information, an operation of a climate control system of the selected vehicle to produce a selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the selected vehicle interior, wherein multiple items of different ones of sensed climate control information (i) through (v) are collected, wherein each item of sensed climate control information is assigned a different weight value used in selecting the selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings and wherein the multiple items of different ones of sensed climate control information (i) through (v) have differing weight values. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A vehicle, comprising:
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a climate control system operable to control a climate in an interior of a selected vehicle, the climate control system comprising; a tangible and non-transient 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; collects sensed climate control information, wherein the sensed climate control information comprises a set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings selected by a different occupant of a different second vehicle; and controls, in accordance with the selected sensed climate control information, an operation of a climate control system of the selected vehicle to produce a selected set of vehicle climate control parameters and/or settings for the selected vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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