Intuitive preconditioning interface
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsChristopher Adam Ochocinski, Angel Fernando Porras, Bryan Michael Bolger, Jordan Mazaira
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an HVAC system with compressor(s), pump(s), valve(s), chiller(s); a touchscreen and processor(s) configured to: (1) display a preconditioning scheduling interface having line segments; (2) in response to touchscreen tap(s): place points on the segments, cycle the placed points between different kinds of points; and (3) precondition the vehicle via the HVAC based on times associated with the placed points.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- HVAC with a compressor, pump, valve, and chiller;
- a touchscreen and processor configured to:
- display a preconditioning scheduling interface having line segments;
- in response to:
- touchscreen tap:
- place one or more points on the one or more segments,
- cycle the placed points between different kinds of points;
- precondition the vehicle via the HVAC based on times associated with vehicleprep, warm, and/or cool points.
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A method of preconditioning in a vehicle including an HVAC system having a compressor, pump, valve, chiller, touchscreen, and processors, the method comprising, with the processors:
- displaying a preconditioning scheduling interface having line segments;
- in response to touchscreen tap:
- placing one or more points on the one or more segments,
- cycling the placed points between different kinds of points;
- preconditioning the vehicle via the HVAC based on times associated with vehicleprep, warm, and/or cool points.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.