US 12,134,301 B2
Group identity-driven system and method for adjustment of cabin comfort setting
David Alfred Ostrowski, Northville, MI (US); Akshay Dirisala, Olmsted Township, OH (US); Leopoldo Urbina, Álvaro Obregón (MX); Raghavendran Shankar, Windsor (CA); Elizabeth Anne Manwell, Canton, MI (US); and Victoria Leigh Schein, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/504,864.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122813 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00742 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00828 (2013.01); B60H 1/00878 (2013.01); B60H 1/00964 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for adjusting a cabin comfort setting of a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving via a controller demographic information of a user through an occupant monitoring system configured to identify nodal points on a face of the user;
referencing with the controller a group identity database, wherein the group identity database comprises demographic information from a user pool;
grouping the user with an aligned cohort from the user pool using the controller based upon the demographic information of the user;
determining a climate control set-point with the controller based upon data from the aligned cohort;
communicating via the controller an instruction to adjust at least one setting chosen from a temperature of air delivered to a cabin of the vehicle and a velocity of air delivered to the cabin of the vehicle;
adjusting the at least one setting chosen from a temperature of air delivered to a cabin of the vehicle and a velocity of air delivered to the cabin of the vehicle to meet the determined climate control set-point;
monitoring with the controller adjustments made to the climate control set-point made by the user following execution of the step of adjusting the at least one setting chosen from a temperature of air delivered to a cabin of the vehicle and a velocity of air delivered to the cabin of the vehicle to meet the determined climate control set-point; and
updating the group identity database with the controller in response to detecting an adjustment made to the climate control set-point by the user.