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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

May. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anup Madhav Vader, San Jose, CA (US);

Carter McEathron, Mountain View, CA (US);

Paul Raymond Mueller, San Leandro, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/0075 (2013.01); B60H 1/00357 (2013.01); B60H 1/00771 (2013.01); B60H 1/00785 (2013.01); G06Q 10/025 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); B60H 1/0073 (2019.05);
Abstract

There is provided a method comprising: determining an occupancy status of a first region of a vehicle; determining, based at least in part on the occupancy status, a first climate control setting for the first region; controlling a climate control system of the vehicle to adjust a climate of the first region according to the first climate control setting; determining that a second region of the vehicle is unoccupied, wherein the second region is fluidly connected to the first region; determining a second climate control setting, wherein the second climate control setting is based at least in part on the occupancy status of the first region and characteristic data associated with a predicted potential change in occupancy status for the second region; and controlling the climate control system to adjust a climate of the second region according to the second climate control setting.


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