| CPC B60H 1/00742 (2013.01) [G01K 3/06 (2013.01); G01K 3/14 (2013.01); G01K 13/00 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00733 (2019.05)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A method for managing a vehicle compartment temperature of at least a first vehicle compartment, the method comprising:
determining, via a user interface, an input of a target temperature of the at least first vehicle compartment by a first vehicle occupant;
measuring, by an ambient temperature sensor, the ambient temperature outside the vehicle;
measuring, by at least a first infrared camera, a first temperature associated with a part of the vehicle occupant that is not covered by clothing and a second temperature associated with a second part of the vehicle occupant that is covered by clothing;
determining a first effective target temperature, that is an offset temperature to the target temperature, based on the ambient temperature;
determining an average temperature of the first vehicle occupant based on a temperature difference in temperature data of different areas of the first vehicle occupant in an image of the first vehicle occupant captured by the at least first infrared camera;
comparing the first temperature with the second temperature;
determining a second effective target temperature, that is an offset temperature to the first effective target temperature, based on the ambient temperature and the average temperature of the first vehicle occupant; and
adjusting at least one temperature controlling device to change a temperature condition of the at least first vehicle compartment based on the determined average temperature of the at least first vehicle occupant and based on the comparison between the first temperature and the second temperature.
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