Vehicle exhaust intrusion mitigation system
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorJohn-Michael McNew
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Abstract
An exhaust intrusion mitigation system for a vehicle includes one or more processors and a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores an enclosure detection module which determines if a vehicle is parked within an enclosure with the engine running. An exhaust module determines a point in time at which one or more vehicle vents should be closed if the vehicle remains in the enclosure and the engine remains on. A mitigation module controls operation of the vehicle to close the one or more vents at the point in time when the vent(s) should be closed.
Claims20
An exhaust intrusion mitigation system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
- an enclosure detection module including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- determine if a vehicle engine is turned on;
- responsive to a determination that the engine is turned on,
- determine if the vehicle is stationary;
- responsive to a determination that the vehicle is stationary and the determination that the engine is turned on, determine if the vehicle currently resides within an enclosure;
- an exhaust module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, responsive to the determinations that the vehicle is stationary, the engine is turned on, and the vehicle currently resides within the enclosure, determine a point in time at which at least one vent of the vehicle is to be closed if the vehicle remains in the enclosure and the engine remains on;
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- a mitigation module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to control an operation of the vehicle to close the at least one vent at the point in time when the at least one vent is to be closed.
A method for mitigating intrusion of vehicle exhaust into an occupant compartment of a vehicle, the method comprising steps of:
- by an enclosure detection module of the vehicle, determining that a vehicle engine is turned on, that the vehicle is stationary, and that the vehicle currently resides within an enclosure;
- by an exhaust module of the vehicle, determining a point in time at which vehicle vents are to be closed if the vehicle remains in the enclosure and the engine remains on;
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- by a mitigation module of the vehicle, controlling an operation of the vehicle to close the vehicle vents at the point in time when the vehicle vents are to be closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.