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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Liberty Fearns, East Ham, GB;
Felix Noller, London, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01); B60H 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); A61M 21/00 (2013.01); B60H 3/0035 (2013.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/4809 (2013.01); A61B 5/4812 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract
One or more environmental control systems of a vehicle are automatically operated. A position of an occupant of the vehicle in their circadian cycle is determined. The operation of one or more of the environmental control systems is controlled to compensate for or adjust the position of the occupant in their circadian cycle.