Passenger cabin interior environment monitoring system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsNILESH D. MANKAME, NANCY L. JOHNSON, DONALD K. GRIMM
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring environmental conditions in an interior portion of a vehicle. The system and method include a plurality of sensors that monitor environmental conditions in the interior portion of the vehicle and a controller that is programmed to receive sensor signals and compile indexes based on one or more of the sensor signals, built-in control logic and a history of user preferences. The controller is further programmed to determine if one or more predetermined threshold environmental conditions have been reached and to provide countermeasures when one or more of the predetermined thresholds has been reached.
Claims21
A system for monitoring and responding to environmental conditions in an interior portion of a vehicle, said system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors that monitor environmental conditions in the interior portion of the vehicle;
- a human-machine interface that allows a user to set or modify thresholds for the environmental conditions in the interior portion of the vehicle;
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- a controller that is programmed to receive sensor signals and compile indexes that are based on one or more of the sensor signals, built-in control logic and a history of user preferences, said controller further programmed to determine when one or more of the thresholds for the environmental conditions has been or will be achieved, said controller further programmed to provide escalating measures to notify the user, a third party, or a combination thereof, that one or more of the thresholds has been reached or will be reached, said controller further programmed to provide countermeasures when one or more of the thresholds has been reached or before it will be reached.
A system for monitoring and responding to environmental conditions in an interior portion of a vehicle, said system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors that monitor environmental conditions in the interior portion of the vehicle;
- and
- a controller that is programmed to receive sensor signals and compile indexes based on one or more of the sensor signals, built-in control logic and a history of user preferences, said controller further programmed to determine if one or more predetermined threshold environmental conditions has been or will be reached, said controller further programmed to provide escalating countermeasures when one or more of the predetermined thresholds has been or will be reached.
A method for monitoring and responding to environmental conditions in an interior portion of a vehicle, said system comprising:
- providing a plurality of sensors that monitor environmental conditions in the interior portion of the vehicle;
- and
- providing a controller that is programmed to receive sensor signals and compile indexes based on one or more of the sensor signals, built-in control logic and a history of user preferences, said controller further programmed to determine if one or more predetermined threshold environmental conditions has been reached, said controller further programmed to provide escalating countermeasures when one or more of the predetermined thresholds has been reached or to prevent the predetermined thresholds from being reached.
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