Vehicle hyperthermia avoidance
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Lynn Adams, Cornel Lewis Gardner
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Abstract
A vehicle is provided that includes a passenger compartment, one or more movable body panels to expose the passenger compartment to an outside environment, and a motion sensor located in the passenger compartment. The vehicle also includes a temperature sensor located in the passenger compartment, and a controller operable to open the one or more movable body panels when the vehicle is turned off, movement is detected within the passenger compartment prior to opening any door of the vehicle, and temperature in the passenger compartment exceeds a temperature threshold.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment;
- a movable body panel;
- a motion sensor located in the passenger compartment;
- a temperature sensor located in the passenger compartment;
- and
- a controller operable to open the movable body panel to expose the passenger compartment to an outside environment when the vehicle is turned off, movement is detected within the passenger compartment, and temperature in the passenger compartment exceeds a temperature threshold.
A method of controlling temperature in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting a turned off state of the vehicle;
- detecting movement within the passenger compartment;
- sensing temperature within the passenger compartment;
- and
- controlling a movable body panel to open the panel to reduce temperature within the passenger compartment when the vehicle is turned off, motion is detected within the passenger compartment, and the temperature exceeds a temperature threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.