# US 2014/0190678 A1 · Personalized vehicle climate control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190678 A1 - Document ID: US20140190678A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/735,136 - Filed: 2013-01-07 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Gary A. Dage; Michael T. Spencer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190678A1 ## CPC - B60H 1/00971: {Control systems or circuits characterised by including features for locking or memorising of control modes} - B60H 1/00828: {Ventilators, e.g. speed control (B60H1/00864 takes precedence)} - F24F 11/77: by controlling the speed of ventilators - Y02B 30/70: Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating - B60H: ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS ## Abstract A climate control system includes a blower, a memory device, a user interface device, and a processor. The memory device stores a default value associated with a speed of the blower. The user interface device receives a user input changing the speed of the blower. The processor is in communication with the memory device, the user interface device, and the blower and controls the speed of the blower based at least in part on the default value. The processor determines whether a user input changing the speed of the blower has been received. In response to receiving the user input, the processor defines an adjusted control value based on the user input to replace the default value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: accessing, from a memory device, a default value associated with a speed of a blower; controlling the speed of the blower based at least in part on the default value; receiving a user input changing the speed of the blower; and in response to receiving the user input, defining, via a computing device, an adjusted control value based on the user input to replace the default value. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether to store the adjusted control value in the memory device, and if so, storing the adjusted control value in the memory device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the default value and adjusted control value are each associated with an operating voltage of the blower, and wherein controlling the speed of the blower includes controlling the speed of the blower in accordance with the operating voltage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an operating stage of the blower. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the default value includes a first default value associated with first stage of the blower and a second default value associated with a second stage of the blower, and wherein controlling the speed of the blower includes selectively controlling the blower to operate in at least one of a first stage in accordance with the first default value and the second stage in accordance with the second default value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the adjusted control value includes a first adjusted control value and a second adjusted control value, and wherein defining the adjusted control value includes: defining the first adjusted control value in response to receiving the user input while the blower is in the first stage, and defining the second adjusted control value in response to receiving the user input while the blower is operating in the second stage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the first stage includes at least one of an initial stage and a ramp stage, and wherein the second stage includes at least one of the ramp stage and a steady-state stage. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user input includes an adjustment margin, and wherein defining the adjusted control value includes defining the adjusted control value based on the default value modified by the adjustment margin. ### Claim 9 A climate control system comprising: a blower; a memory device configured to store a default value associated with a speed of the blower; a user interface device configured to receive a user input changing the speed of the blower; a processor in communication with the memory device, the user interface device, and the blower, wherein the processor is configured to control the speed of the blower based at least in part on the default value stored in the memory device, determine whether a user input changing the speed of the blower has been received, and in response to receiving the user input, define an adjusted control value based on the user input to replace the default value. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The climate control system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether to store the adjusted control value in the memory device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The climate control system of claim 9, wherein the default value and adjusted control value are each associated with an operating voltage of the blower, and wherein the speed of the blower is controlled in accordance with the operating voltage. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The climate control system of claim 9, wherein the default value stored in the memory device includes a first default value and a second default value, and wherein the processor is configured to selectively control the blower to operate in in at least a first stage in accordance with the first default value and a second stage in accordance with the second default value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The climate control system of claim 12, wherein the adjusted control value includes a first adjusted control value and a second adjusted control value, and wherein the processor is configured to define the first adjusted control value in response to receiving the user input while the blower is in the first stage and the second adjusted control value in response to receiving the user input while the blower is in the second stage. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The climate control system of claim 12, wherein the first stage includes at least one of an initial stage and a ramp stage, and wherein the second stage includes at least one of the ramp stage and a steady-state stage. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The climate control system of claim 9, wherein the user input includes an adjustment margin, and wherein the processor is configured to define the adjusted control value based on the default value modified by the adjustment margin. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions comprising: accessing, from a memory device, a default value associated with a speed of a blower; controlling the speed of the blower based at least in part on the default value; determining whether a user input changing the speed of the blower has been received; and in response to receiving the user input, defining an adjusted control value based on the user input to replace the default value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, the instructions further comprising determining an operating stage of the blower. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein accessing the default value includes a first default value associated with first stage of the blower and a second default value associated with a second stage of the blower, and wherein controlling the speed of the blower includes selectively controlling the blower to operate in at least one of a first stage in accordance with the first default value and the second stage in accordance with the second default value. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the adjusted control value includes a first adjusted control value and a second adjusted control value, and wherein defining the adjusted control value includes: defining the first adjusted control value in response to receiving the user input while the blower is in the first stage, and defining the second adjusted control value in response to receiving the user input while the blower is operating in the second stage. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the user input includes an adjustment margin, and wherein defining the adjusted control value includes defining the adjusted control value based on the default value modified by the adjustment margin.