US 11,938,786 B2
System for managing the thermal comfort of a person
Daniel Neveu, Le Mesnil Saint-Denis (FR); and Jeremie Zoubairi, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR)
Assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES, Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis (FR)
Appl. No. 17/603,468
Filed by Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Le Mesnil Saint-Denis (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/060497
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/212366, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1904231 (FR), filed on Apr. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203805 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC B60H 1/00742 (2013.01) [B60H 1/0073 (2019.05); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing the thermal comfort of a person on board a motor vehicle, the system being configured to use at least one state characteristic of the person and/or of their thermal environment, and the characteristic being able to adopt a plurality of values, the system comprising:
a sensor for acquiring data relating to the person and/or to their thermal environment, the sensor comprising a camera configured to acquire an image of the person and/or of their thermal environment;
wherein the system is configured to:
evaluate, on the basis of the acquired data, the probability of the state characteristic adopting a first value by associating a first confidence level with the first value;
evaluate, on the basis of the acquired data, the probability of the state characteristic adopting a second value by associating a second confidence level with the first value; and
assign, to the state characteristic, an adjusted value that is a function of at least said first and second values and said associated confidence levels.