A passenger comfort system determines a travel time to a pickup location, detects a present cabin environment, determines a target cabin environment, and determines an environment adjustment time to adjust the present cabin environment to the target cabin environment. The passenger comfort system activates at least one vehicle climate control in accordance with the environment adjustment time and the travel time.
Autonomous vehicle dynamic climate control
2017-06-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60H ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES , Anordnung oder Einbau der Heizung, Kühlung, Lüftung oder anderer Luftbehandlungsvorrichtungen für die Fahrzeugräume für Reisende oder Fracht |