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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2022
Applicant:

Rivian Ip Holdings, Llc, Plymouth, MI (US);

Inventor:

Graham Lloyd Feltham, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00378 (2013.01); B60H 1/0073 (2019.05);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for determining, by processing circuitry, a vehicle occupant has left a cabin of a vehicle (or that the cabin is unoccupied), where the vehicle comprises a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. In response to determining the vehicle occupant has left the cabin (or the cabin is unoccupied), the processing circuitry may adjust a parameter of the HVAC system.


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