Device and method for raising a temperature in at least one portion of a vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsMarkus Ruf, Kai Müller
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Abstract
A device for raising a temperature in at least one portion of a vehicle from a low temperature value to a temperature value increased above this, has at least one electronic component producing waste heat. The at least one electronic component is formed as a processor. Furthermore, a controller is provided, being designed to command the processor to provide a computing capacity in a heating mode, and to supply the waste heat generated upon performing at least one computation of the processor to the at least one portion of the vehicle. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for raising a temperature of at least one portion of a vehicle from a low temperature value to a temperature value increased above this.
Claims10
A device for raising a temperature in at least one portion of a vehicle from a low temperature value to a higher temperature value above the low temperature value, the device comprising:
- at least one electronic component, the at least one electronic component including a processor;
- and a controller adapted to command the processor of the at least one electronic component to perform computing tasks not related to operation of the vehicle, wherein the processor produces waste heat while performing the computing tasks, and to supply the waste heat produced upon performing the computing tasks to the at least one portion of the vehicle.
A method for raising a temperature of at least one portion of a vehicle from a low temperature value to a higher temperature value above the low temperature value, the vehicle having a processor, the method comprising:
- a controller commanding the processor to perform computing tasks not related to operation of the vehicle;
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- supplying waste heat generated by the processor upon performing the computing tasks to the vehicle, thereby raising the temperature to the higher temperature value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.