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US 12,459,331 B2Granted
Vehicle HVAC drying mode
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorGraham Lloyd Feltham
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for implementing a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, and processing circuitry configured to determine to enter a drying mode, retrieve a parameter of the HVAC system for the drying mode, and cause the HVAC system to activate the drying mode to direct thermal energy to a particular portion of the vehicle based on the retrieved parameter.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system;
- a sensor configured to detect water on a windshield of the vehicle;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- determine, based on sensor data received from the sensor, that precipitation is occurring in an environment external to the vehicle;
- in response to the determining, cause display of an option related to a drying mode;
- based on receiving selection of the option, determine to enter the drying mode;
- retrieve a parameter of the HVAC system for the drying mode;
- and
- cause the HVAC system to activate the drying mode to direct thermal energy to a particular portion of the vehicle based on the retrieved parameter.
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A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle, comprising:
- memory;
- processing circuitry configured to:
- receive, over a network, weather information indicating that precipitation is occurring in an environment external to the vehicle;
- based on the received weather information, cause display of an option related to a drying mode;
- based on receiving selection of the option, determine to enter the drying mode;
- retrieve a parameter of the HVAC system for the drying mode, wherein the parameter is stored in the memory;
- and
- cause the HVAC system to activate the drying mode to direct thermal energy to a particular portion of the vehicle based on the retrieved parameter.
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A method comprising:
- receiving sensor data from a sensor of a vehicle, wherein the sensor is configured to detect water on a windshield of the vehicle;
- determining, based on sensor data received from the sensor, that precipitation is occurring in an environment external to the vehicle;
- in response to the determining, causing display of an option related to a drying mode;
- based on receiving selection of the option, determining to enter the drying mode in a vehicle;
- retrieving a parameter of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle for the drying mode;
- and
- causing the HVAC system to activate the drying mode to direct thermal energy to a particular portion of the vehicle based on the retrieved parameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.