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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020

Filed:

May. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Michael McQuillen, Warren, MI (US);

Daniel A. Makled, Dearborn, MI (US);

Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Richard E. Soltis, Saline, MI (US);

Radhakrishnan Swaminathan, Grand Blanc, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/12 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00785 (2013.01); B60H 1/00828 (2013.01); B60H 1/00978 (2013.01); B60H 1/12 (2013.01); B60H 1/3205 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); G01N 27/223 (2013.01); G01N 33/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for improving operation of a vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. In one example, a method may include calibrating a vehicle humidity sensor position inside a cabin of the vehicle by obtaining one or more humidity measurements with one or more personal computing devices positioned inside the cabin, and may further include adjusting operation of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system responsive to the calibration. In this way, an interior humidity sensor of a vehicle may be regularly calibrated, which may improve operation of the vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, and may further increase fuel economy.


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