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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Omar Makke, Lyon Township, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Yeung, Canton, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for vehicle climate control using distributed sensors are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving data from sensors distributed within a vehicle at a first controller, processing the data at the first controller to identify an event associated with the interior of the vehicle and sending an instruction based on the event from the first controller to a second controller of the vehicle to affect an operation of a climate control system of the vehicle.