Auto-isolate vehicular climate system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019308487-A1
Application number	US-201815945766-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 5, 2018
Priority date	Apr 5, 2018
Publication date	Oct 10, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle includes a controller, in communication with a remote server, that is configured to access, from the remote server, historical climate system and window data associated with a location and route of the vehicle. The controller is further configured to identify a geofence according to the historical climate system and window data, and responsive to the vehicle crossing the geofence, command cabin air recirculation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle comprising:
a controller, in communication with a remote server, configured to
access, from the remote server, historical climate system and window data associated with a location and route of the vehicle,
identify a geofence according to the historical climate system and window data, and
responsive to the vehicle crossing the geofence, command cabin air recirculation.

2 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the historical climate system and window data is a statistical measurement of multiple data points received from the vehicle.

3 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the historical climate system and window data is a statistical measurement of multiple data points received from more than one vehicle.

4 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to the vehicle crossing the geofence, close windows of the vehicle.

5 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to the vehicle crossing the geofence, output an alert and request a confirmation.

6 . The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to receiving the confirmation, close windows of the vehicle.

7 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to store window movement, cabin air recirculation selection, and a location of the vehicle.

8 . The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller accesses the remote server via a cellular connection.

9 . A method, implemented by a controller, comprising:
receiving, from a user interface, notification settings to apply to a vehicle controller defining environmental conditions associated with a geofence; identifying, by the vehicle controller, the geofence according to environmental data received from a remote server associated with a location of the vehicle; and responsive to the vehicle crossing the geofence, sending an alert to the user interface and performing cabin isolation actions specified by the notification settings.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the notification settings specify enabling cabin air recirculation.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the notification settings specify which vehicle openings to close.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising sending a close confirmation to the user interface indicating the cabin isolation actions were performed.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the user interface is a graphical user interface of an in-vehicle infotainment system or an instrument cluster.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the user interface is a graphical user interface of a mobile phone, tablet, or nomadic device that is wireless coupled with the controller.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to obtain confirmation to perform cabin isolation actions.

16 . A vehicle comprising:
memory configured to store window movement, cabin air recirculation selection, and a location of the vehicle; and a controller configured to
access, from the memory, historical climate system and window data associated with a location and route of the vehicle,
identify a geofence according to the historical climate system and window data, and
responsive to the vehicle crossing the geofence, command cabin air recirculation.

17 . The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the historical climate system and window data is a statistical measurement of multiple data points associated with the vehicle.

18 . The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to the vehicle crossing the geofence, close windows of the vehicle.

19 . The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to the vehicle crossing the geofence, output an alert and request a confirmation.

20 . The vehicle of claim 19 , wherein the controller is further configured to, responsive to receiving the confirmation, close windows of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Badger Ii Charles Everett
• Beauvais Brandon

Classifications

• B60H1/008

  the input being air quality · CPC title

• E05F15/70

  with automatic actuation · CPC title

• B60H1/00828

  Ventilators, e.g. speed control (B60H1/00864 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H1/00985

  Control systems or circuits characterised by display or indicating devices, e.g. voice simulators (characterised by the input of sound using a voice synthesizer B60H1/00757; B60H1/00978 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W4/44

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title