Climate control validation for K9 police vehicles

A vehicle, comprising:

• an interior cabin adapted to transport a canine;
• an HVAC system configured to heat air and to cool air provided to the cabin according to an HVAC temperature setpoint;
• a transceiver adapted for wireless communication with a remote handheld device of a user to exchange remote commands including a commanded temperature setting;
• a data source providing an outside ambient temperature;
• and
• a controller configured to 1) check for a presence of the canine, 2) check whether the vehicle is attended by the user, 3) if the canine is present and the vehicle is unattended by the user then responding to the commanded temperature setting according to a validation process which rejects the commanded temperature setting when it violates a predetermined temperature range, wherein the predetermined temperature range extends between an absolute minimum and an absolute maximum, and 4) if the canine is not present or the vehicle is attended by the user then responding to the commanded temperature setting without the validation process.

A vehicle, comprising:

• an interior cabin;
• a kennel in the interior cabin adapted to transport a canine, wherein the kennel is configured to automatically sense an occupancy of the canine within the kennel;
• an HVAC system configured to heat air and to cool air provided to the cabin according to an HVAC temperature setpoint;
• a transceiver adapted for wireless communication with a remote handheld device of a user to exchange remote commands including a commanded temperature setting;
• a data source providing an outside ambient temperature;
• and
• a controller configured to 1) check for a presence of the canine, 2) check whether the vehicle is attended by the user, 3) if the canine is present and the vehicle is unattended by the user then responding to the commanded temperature setting according to a validation process which rejects the commanded temperature setting when it violates a predetermined temperature range, and 4) if the canine is not present or the vehicle is attended by the user then responding to the commanded temperature setting without the validation process.