Method and control unit for operating a user interface for an air conditioning system
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSimone Eiler
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Abstract
A control unit for an air conditioning system is designed to operate one or more actuators of the air conditioning system automatically in an automatic operating mode in order to set reference ambient conditions in a chamber. The control unit is configured to detect that an automatic change has occurred in an operating state of an actuator of the air conditioning system. The control unit is further configured to output via a user interface of the air conditioning system, information relating to the automatic change in the operating state of the actuator.
Claims14
A control unit for an air conditioning system that is designed to operate one or more actuators of the air conditioning system automatically in an automatic operating mode in order to set reference ambient conditions in a chamber, wherein the control unit is configured to:
- detect that an automatic change has occurred in an operating state of an actuator of the air conditioning system;
- and
- output via a user interface of the air conditioning system, information relating to the automatic change in the operating state of the actuator;
- and
- wherein the information comprises at least one of:
- information indicating a reason for the automatic change in the operating state of the actuator of the air-conditioning system;
- or
- information indicating a duration of time that the actuator is likely to be active;
- and
- wherein the control unit is further configured to:
- detect that the actuator of the air conditioning system was activated automatically;
- determine the duration of time that the actuator is likely to be active;
- output information via the user interface about the determined duration of time;
- capture via the user interface a question by an occupant of the chamber about the reason that the operating state of the actuator was changed automatically;
- and
- output the information relating to the automatic change in the operating state of the actuator in response to the question by the occupant.
A control unit for an air conditioning system that is designed to operate one or more actuators of the air conditioning system automatically in an automatic operating mode in order to set reference ambient conditions in a chamber, wherein the control unit is configured:
- to detect that an automatic change has occurred in an operating state of an actuator of the air conditioning system;
- to output via a user interface of the air conditioning system, information relating to the automatic change in the operating state of the actuator;
- to capture via the user interface a question by an occupant of the chamber about the reason that the operating state of the actuator was changed automatically;
- and
- to output the information relating to the automatic change in the operating state of the actuator in response to the question by the occupant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.