US 2022/0055441 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND MANAGING ODOR BROUGHT INTO RENTAL VEHICLES

Abstract

A vehicle system includes: a volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensor configured to measure an amount of a VOC within a passenger cabin of a vehicle; a particulate matter sensor configured to measure an amount of particulate matter within the passenger cabin of the vehicle; a triggering module configured to, during a use of the vehicle, selectively trigger the VOC and particulate matter sensors to measure the amount of the VOC and the amount of particulate matter; an odor database including a mapping of amounts of VOCs and amounts of particulate matter to odors; and an odor determination module configured to, using the odor database, determine an odor introduced into the passenger cabin of the vehicle during the use of the vehicle based on the measured amounts of VOCs and particulate matter.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A vehicle system, comprising:

a volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensor configured to measure an amount of a VOC within a passenger cabin of a vehicle;
a particulate matter sensor configured to measure an amount of particulate matter within the passenger cabin of the vehicle;
a triggering module configured to, during a use of the vehicle, selectively trigger the VOC and particulate matter sensors to measure the amount of the VOC and the amount of particulate matter;
an odor database including a mapping of amounts of VOCs and amounts of particulate matter to odors;
and
an odor determination module configured to, using the odor database, determine an odor introduced into the passenger cabin of the vehicle during the use of the vehicle based on the measured amounts of VOCs and particulate matter.

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A vehicle system, comprising:

a volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensor configured to measure an amount of a VOC within a passenger cabin of a vehicle;
a particulate matter sensor configured to measure an amount of particulate matter within the passenger cabin of the vehicle;
a triggering module configured to trigger the VOC and particulate matter sensors to measure the amount of the VOC and the amount of particulate matter after a use of the vehicle by a user;
an odor determination module configured to:
determine a first odor within the passenger cabin of the vehicle based on the measured amounts of VOCs and particulate matter after the use of the vehicle;
and
determine a change in odor within the passenger cabin based on the first odor within the passenger cabin after the use and a second odor within the passenger cabin before the use of the vehicle by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/369,189Filed 7 Jul 2021

Priority

20 Aug 2020

Published

24 Feb 2022

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

B60H 1/008
Control systems or circuits characterised by their input, i.e. by the detection, measurement or calculation of particular conditions, e.g.…
B60H 1/00828
The components being ventilating, air admitting or air distributing devices: ventilators, e.g. speed control
B60H 1/00985
Control systems or circuits; Control members or indication devices for heating, cooling or ventilating devices: control systems or circuits…
G06Q 20/102
Specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems: bill distribution or payments

Systems and methods for measuring and managing odor brought into rental vehicles

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Systems and methods for measuring and managing odor brought into rental vehicles

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Abstract

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