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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2021
Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo, CN;
Johan Setterberg, Gothenburg, SE;
Jonathan Johansson, Gothenburg, SE;
NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO., Ningbo, CN;
Abstract
A method for activating a pre acclimatization system of the passenger compartment of a vehicle includes monitoring an operational state of the vehicle, including a first state in which the vehicle is on and a second state in which the vehicle is off. In the second state, the method includes monitoring a plurality of conditions, the conditions selected from a group including current time and date, a driver appointment schedule, a historical database, wherein the monitoring step is performed by a system controller incorporated into the vehicle. The method further includes determining the most probable time of departure of the vehicle from a present location based on the plurality of conditions monitored by the system controller, suggesting time of departure to the driver, monitoring reply from the driver, setting timer for activating the pre acclimatization according to reply from the driver, and activating sleep mode for the vehicle systems.