HVAC systems and methods for controlling zoned interior temperatures of a vehicle including display of thermographic anthropomorphic figures

A vehicle, anthropomorphic technology used in vehicle components, transportation and packaging, instrument layout, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2018-08-03
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
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Memory stores set values

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[0023] HVAC systems and control methods are disclosed herein, including operation in an automatic setting mode, a personal setting mode, and a manual setting mode. These modes include modulating controls for setpoints such as: air temperature and velocity for each of the driver, front seat passenger, and rear seat passenger zones; the temperature of the steering wheel; and The temperature of each part of the seat. These modes also include positional control of the vents and corresponding vanes. Such adjustment and position control is provided with or without input from vehicle occupants. The automatic setting mode includes adjustment and position control based on default or predetermined setpoints for the vehicle occupants. The personal setting mode includes adjustment and position control based on a personal setpoint of a vehicle occupant, while allowing personal setpoints to be changed and / or new setpoints to be created. Manual setting mode allows manual adjustment of set...

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A heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system is provided that includes a memory and a control module. The memory stores settings. The settings are for interior temperatures of a vehicle, a temperature of a steering wheel, and temperatures of seats within the vehicle. The control module: collects data from one or more cameras, where the data corresponds to one or more captured images of an interior cabin of the vehicle; based on the data, displays a thermographic anthropomorphic figure on a display of the vehicle or a mobile device, where the thermographic anthropomorphic figure is a thermogram representative of temperatures of an occupant of the vehicle; receives via a user interface an input from a user to adjust one of the settings; and based on the input from the user, adjusts operation of a first controlled device to change at least one of the temperatures of the occupant.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system and more particularly to zone-based temperature control within a vehicle. Background technique [0002] The background description provided here is for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the disclosure. The work of the currently named inventors is neither expressly nor implicitly admitted to be of prior art for this invention. [0003] The HVAC system is used to control the temperature in the cabin of the vehicle. As an example, blowers are often used to pass air through a heat exchanger and / or evaporator. The conditioned air output from the heat exchanger is provided to air vents located within the vehicle compartment. The hot air is provided by passing coolant flowing through the internal combustion engine through a heat exchanger. Air passing through the heat exchanger is heated and then passed through the vents. For electric vehicles, th...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60H1/00
CPCB60H1/00021B60H2001/0015B60K35/00B60H1/00985B60H1/00742B60H1/00871B60H1/00964B60R16/037B60K35/10B60K2360/111B60K2360/1438B60K35/28B60K2360/165B60K2360/176B60K35/29B60K2360/188B60K2360/21B60K35/60
InventorH·查韦斯埃尔南德斯J·A·埃斯特韦斯加西亚D·亚涅斯委拉斯凯兹
OwnerGM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC