Vehicle Air-Conditioner Control Using Sensible Temperature
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current weather information systems for outing destinations provide only numerical data, making it difficult for users to determine the actual temperature, leading to challenges in clothing and accessory selection.
Innovation Solution
An information providing apparatus and method that communicates with a vehicle to receive user and weather information, calculates a sensible temperature, and adjusts the air-conditioner settings based on this data, while also displaying relevant clothing information and precipitation details.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only numerical weather data is provided, then information transmission is simple, but user understanding of actual temperature conditions is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an information providing apparatus as an intermediary between weather data sources and users. This apparatus collects numerical weather data, processes it through multiple parameters (temperature, humidity, wind speed), and transforms it into comprehensive sensible temperature information that users can easily understand and apply for clothing selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms basic weather parameters (temperature, humidity, wind speed) into a derived parameter called 'sensible temperature' that better represents actual human perception of weather conditions. This parameter transformation enables users to understand weather impact on their bodies without needing to interpret multiple separate numerical values.
2Measurement precision
If sensible temperature calculation is added, then user understanding of weather conditions improves, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary calculation of sensible temperature in advance before users need the information. The information providing apparatus pre-processes weather data, calculates sensible temperature based on multiple parameters, and makes this processed information available to users when they query weather conditions, eliminating the need for users to perform complex calculations themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The information providing apparatus automatically performs the sensible temperature calculation without requiring user intervention. The system self-service style processes weather data, applies the sensible temperature formula, and delivers the results, freeing users from needing to understand or compute the underlying meteorological parameters.
3Ease of operation
If air-conditioner control based on sensible temperature is implemented, then user comfort at destination improves, but vehicle system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables preliminary adjustment of vehicle air-conditioners based on pre-calculated sensible temperature at the destination. The system queries weather information, receives the sensible temperature, and automatically adjusts air-conditioner settings before the user arrives at the destination, allowing users to acclimate gradually and improving comfort without requiring manual intervention.
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AI summary
An information providing apparatus, includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle used by a user; and a control unit configured to receive user information on the user and weather information on weather at an outing destination of the user through the communication unit, the outing destination being obtained based on the user information, and notify, to the vehicle through the communication unit, a set temperature of an air-conditioner of the vehicle based on a sensible temperature derived based on the weather information.