Automatic climate control system for vehicle
First Claim
1. An automatic climate control system for a vehicle comprising:
- a cabin air regulating structure configured to regulate airflow into a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
a sun load sensor component configured to measure actual sun load;
an external temperature sensor component configured to determine external air temperature; and
a controller configured to compare the actual sun load to a virtual sun load based on prescribed virtual heat load data and the external air temperature to obtain an optimized sun load value, and to control the cabin air regulating component based on the optimized sun load value to maintain a desired cabin temperature.
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Abstract
An automatic climate control system for a vehicle determines actual sun load and a virtual sun load based on prescribed virtual heat load data and the external air temperature. A controller is configured to compare the actual sun load to the virtual sun load to obtain an optimized sun load value, and to control the system based on this optimized sun load value. A method for automatically controlling the climate includes determining measured sun load, determining external air temperature, comparing the measured sun load to the virtual sun load based on prescribed virtual heat load data and the external air temperature to obtain an optimized sun load value, and controlling the system based on the optimized sun load value. The virtual sun load and/or the measured sun load are used to determine the optimized sun load value depending on lighting conditions.
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30 Claims
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1. An automatic climate control system for a vehicle comprising:
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a cabin air regulating structure configured to regulate airflow into a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
a sun load sensor component configured to measure actual sun load;
an external temperature sensor component configured to determine external air temperature; and
a controller configured to compare the actual sun load to a virtual sun load based on prescribed virtual heat load data and the external air temperature to obtain an optimized sun load value, and to control the cabin air regulating component based on the optimized sun load value to maintain a desired cabin temperature. - 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 automatically controlling the climate in a passenger compartment of a vehicle comprising:
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measuring actual sun load;
determining external air temperature;
comparing the actual sun load to a virtual sun load based on prescribed virtual heat load data and the external air temperature to obtain an optimized sun load value; and
controlling a cabin air regulating structure based on the optimized sun load value. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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