Automatic adaptive climate controls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10974567-B2
Application number	US-201816137027-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2018
Priority date	Sep 20, 2018
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling an automatic climate control system of a vehicle include, by one or more onboard processors in operative communication with one or more sensors, initiating the automatic climate control system. The processors receive from the one or more sensors at least a vehicle input and a user identifier input. A unique user climate control system actuation action is implemented according to the received vehicle input and user identifier input provided by applying at least one predictive model to a stored set of climate control system operating parameters. A unique user climate control system operating pattern is implemented according to the received vehicle input and user identifier input provided by applying at least one different predictive model to the stored set of climate control system operating parameters.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method for controlling an automatic climate control system of a vehicle, comprising:
by one or more onboard processors in operative communication with one or more sensors:
initiating the automatic climate control system;
receiving from the one or more sensors at least a vehicle input and a user identifier input;
implementing a unique user climate control system actuation action according to the received vehicle input and user identifier input provided by applying at least one predictive model to a stored set of climate control system operating parameters; and
implementing a unique user climate control system operating pattern according to the received vehicle input and user identifier input provided by applying at least one different predictive model to the stored set of climate control system operating parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 including receiving, by the one or more onboard processors, a sensor input indicative of a manual initiation of the automatic climate control system.

3. The method of claim 1 including, by the one or more onboard processors, storing the unique user climate control system actuation action and the unique climate control system operating pattern for each of one or more users.

4. The method of claim 1 including, by the one or more onboard processors:
receiving from a sensor a user manual climate control system override action input;
updating one or both of the at least one predictive model and the at least one different predictive model according to the user manual climate control system override action input to provide one or both of an updated unique user climate control system actuation action and an updated unique user climate control system operating pattern; and
storing one or both of the updated unique user climate control system actuation action and the updated unique user climate control system operating pattern.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the vehicle input received from the one or more sensors is one or more of: an ambient temperature input, a passenger cabin temperature input, a clock input, a calendar input, a trip statistic, a driver aggressivity of vehicle operation metric, a determination of a climate control system operative status, and a determination of a vehicle engine operative status.

6. The method of claim 1 , including, by the one or more onboard processors, selecting the unique user climate control system actuation action from one or both of:
powering on one or more of a climate control system heating mode, a climate control system air-conditioning mode, and a climate control system recirculation mode; and
powering off one or more of the climate control system heating mode, the climate control system air-conditioning mode, and the climate control system recirculation mode.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one predictive model is a Classification and Regression Tree (CART) model.

8. The method of claim 7 including, by the one or more onboard processors, selecting a first CART model for the steps of powering on and selecting a second CART model for the steps of powering off.

9. The method of claim 1 including, by the one or more onboard processors, selecting the unique user climate control system operating pattern from one or both of setting a climate control system temperature setpoint value and setting a climate control system blower speed value.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one different predictive model is a multilayer perceptron behavior classifier model.

11. The method of claim 10 including, by the one or more onboard processors, selecting a first multilayer perceptron behavior classifier model for the step of setting the climate control system temperature setpoint value and selecting a second multilayer perceptron behavior classifier model for the step of setting the climate control system blower speed value.

12. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user manual climate control system override action input includes one or more of: manually powering on or off a climate control system heating mode, manually powering on or off a climate control system air-conditioning mode, manually powering on or off a climate control system recirculation mode, manually adjusting a climate control system temperature setpoint value, and manually adjusting a climate control system blower speed value.

13. A system for controlling an automatic climate control system of a vehicle, comprising:
a controller in operative communication with one or more sensors, the controller comprising one or more onboard processors, memory, and storage and being configured at least to:
initiate the automatic climate control system;
receive from the one or more sensors at least a vehicle input and a user identifier input;
implement a unique user climate control system actuation action according to the received vehicle input and user identifier input provided by applying at least one predictive model to a stored set of climate control system operating parameters; and
implement a unique user climate control system operating pattern according to the received vehicle input and user identifier input provided by applying at least one different predictive model to the stored set of climate control system operating parameters.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive from the one or more sensors an input indicative of a manual initiation of the automatic climate control system.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive from the one or more sensors a user manual climate control system override action input;
update one or both of the at least one predictive model and the at least one different predictive model according to the user manual climate control system override action input to provide one or both of an updated unique user climate control system actuation action and an updated unique user climate control system operating pattern; and
store one or both of the updated unique user climate control system actuation action and the updated unique user climate control system operating pattern.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more sensors are selected from the group consisting of: an ambient temperature sensor, a passenger cabin temperature sensor, a clock or timer, a calendar application, a sensor adapted to provide inputs relative to a trip statistic, an engine speed sensor, and an engine starter sensor.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the unique user climate control system actuation action from one or both of:
powering on one or more of a climate control system heating mode, a climate control system air-conditioning mode, and a climate control system recirculation mode; and
powering off one or more of the climate control system heating mode, the climate control system air-conditioning mode, and the climate control system recirculation mode.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the unique user climate control system operating pattern from one or both of setting a particular climate control system temperature setpoint value and setting a particular climate control system blower speed value.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the user manual climate control system override action input according to inputs received from one or more sensors indicative of one or more of: manually powering on or off a clima

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Ostrowski David Alfred
• Manwell Elizabeth Anne
• Herbert William Gordon
• John Mohan

Classifications

• G06N5/01

  Dynamic search techniques; Heuristics; Dynamic trees; Branch-and-bound · CPC title

• G06N3/045

  Combinations of networks · CPC title

• G06N3/0499

  Feedforward networks · CPC title

• G06N3/09

  Supervised learning · CPC title

• B60H1/00764

  the input being a vehicle driving condition, e.g. speed (B60H1/00828, B60H1/00864 take precedence) · CPC title