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US 10,246,103 B2Granted
Vehicle odor remediation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAed M. Dudar
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Abstract
A method includes detecting, based on a first location of a vehicle and weather data, a condition for removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the vehicle. The first location is a current location of the vehicle. The process further includes determining that a level of VOCs in the vehicle is greater than a predetermined level. A second location is selected to expedite removal of the VOCs, and the vehicle is navigated to the second location.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, based in part on a first location of a vehicle and weather data, a condition for removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the vehicle, the first location being a current location of the vehicle;
- determining that a first level of VOCs in the vehicle is greater than a predetermined level;
- selecting a second location to expedite removal of the VOCs;
- and
- navigating the vehicle to the second location.
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A computer, comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory, the memory storing instructions such that the computer is programmed to:
- detect, based in part on a first location of a vehicle and weather data, a condition for removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the vehicle, the first location being a current location of the vehicle;
- determine that a first level of VOCs in the vehicle is greater than a predetermined level;
- select a second location to expedite removal of the VOCs;
- and
- navigate the vehicle to the second location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.