Method for the start-up of an air-conditioning system, computer-readable storage medium, and air-conditioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11634010-B2
Application number	US-201816611635-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2018
Priority date	May 8, 2017
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

The commissioning of an air conditioning system requires a series of manual steps, which leads to inefficient commissioning. A method is therefore provided for commissioning an air conditioning system of a vehicle, including the following:
a) Reading in a target data record indicating a target vehicle state; b) Recording an actual data record indicating an actual vehicle state by measuring at least one signal and/or communicating with at least one vehicle component; c) Comparing the actual vehicle state with a target vehicle state; d) Activating at least one function of the air conditioning system only if the actual vehicle state corresponds to the target vehicle state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Method for commissioning an air conditioning system of a vehicle, comprising:
(a) Reading in a target data record indicating a target vehicle state;
(b) Recording an actual data record indicating an actual vehicle state by measuring at least one signal and/or communicating with at least one vehicle;
c) Comparing the actual vehicle state with a target vehicle state;
d) Activating at least one function of the air conditioning system only if the actual vehicle state corresponds to the target vehicle state.

2. Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the target data record specifies a number of vehicle components and/or signals from vehicle components.

3. Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the recording is carried out by measuring signals transmitted on a bus system.

4. Method according to claim 3 , wherein the bus system is an air conditioning bus and/or a vehicle bus.

5. Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
measuring comprises measuring voltage and/or current on a plug connector of a gateway device.

6. Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
communication comprises reading status information and/or control commands on a vehicle bus.

7. Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the comparison comprises a comparison of whether the data of the actual data record is contained in the target data record.

8. Method according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the target data record designates at least one vehicle component, wherein the comparison comprises a check of whether a signal from the at least one designated vehicle component is measured.

9. Method according to claim 1 ,
further comprising
Checking a/the number of vehicle components using the target data record and the actual data record;
Saving an error log using the tested number of vehicle components.

10. Computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that cause at least one processor to implement a method according to claim 1 when the instructions are executed by the processor.

11. Air conditioning system for a vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle bus to which a plurality of vehicle components are connected, which transmits an actual data record via the vehicle bus that indicates an actual vehicle state;
a gateway device that is communicatively connected to the plurality of vehicle components via the vehicle bus,
the gateway device is designed to compare the actual vehicle state with a target vehicle state, wherein a function of the gateway device is activated only if the actual vehicle state corresponds to the target vehicle state.

12. Air conditioning system according to claim 11 ,
wherein
the gateway device comprises a memory device for the storage of a number of target vehicle states, wherein the gateway device is designed to select a target vehicle state for the comparison using a vehicle identification.

13. Air conditioning system according to claim 11 ,
further comprising
a control unit of the vehicle, wherein the gateway device is designed to assign a vehicle identification transmitted by the control unit via the vehicle bus to a target state.

14. Air conditioning system according to claim 11 ,
further comprising
a heater, in particular an auxiliary heater, and at least one temperature sensor, each of which is communicatively connected to the gateway device via an air conditioning bus,

wherein the gateway device is designed to activate the heater if a temperature value provided by the temperature sensor is specified by the target data record.

Assignees

• Webasto SE

Inventors

• Sonnek Sebastian
• Thürmer Daniel
• Kirsch Christian
• Ruthenberg Jörg

Classifications

• B60H2001/225

  related to an operational state of another HVAC device · CPC title

• B60H2001/2231

  for proper or safe operation of the heater · CPC title

• H04L12/40

  Bus networks · CPC title

• B60H1/00657 Primary

  Remote control devices · CPC title

• H04L2012/40273

  the transportation system being a vehicle · CPC title