US 2022/0281287 A1 · VEHICLE SYSTEM

Abstract

A vehicle system includes a control unit, a vehicle compartment holding device for holding a removable accessory, and at least one vehicle compartment feature. The control unit is configured to receive a holding signal from the holding device, wherein the holding signal indicating if the holding device is holding the removable accessory or not, or if the holding device is in a first or second position. The control unit is further configured to send a control signal for changing a setting to the at least one vehicle compartment feature in response to a change in the holding signal, wherein the vehicle compartment feature is one of or any combination of compartment light, vanity mirror function, and compartment climate system.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle system comprising a control unit, a vehicle compartment holding device for holding a removable accessory, and at least one vehicle compartment feature, wherein

the control unit is configured to receive a holding signal from the holding device, the holding signal indicating:
if the holding device is holding the removable accessory or not, or
if the holding device is in a first or second position, and
the control unit is further configured to send a control signal for changing a setting to the at least one vehicle compartment feature in response to a change in the holding signal,
wherein the vehicle compartment feature is one of or any combination of compartment light, vanity mirror function, and compartment climate system.

2 more elements

A computer-implemented method for simplifying use of a removable accessory in a vehicle, the method comprising:

monitoring, by means of a vehicle control unit, a state of a holding device for holding the removable accessory,
wherein a first state corresponds to when the holding device is holding the removable accessory and a second state corresponds to when the holding device is not holding the removable accessory, or
wherein a first state corresponds to when the holding device is in a first position and a second state corresponds to when the holding device is in a second position, and
when the state changes, changing a setting to at least one vehicle compartment feature by means of the vehicle control unit, wherein the at least one vehicle compartment feature is one of or any combination of compartment light, vanity mirror function, and compartment climate system.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/825,933Filed 26 May 2022

Priority

EP 19214237.06 Dec 2019

Published

8 Sep 2022

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

B60H 1/00735
Control systems or circuits; Control members or indication devices for heating, cooling or ventilating devices: control systems or circuits…
B60K 35/10
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles: input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle,…
B60K 35/22
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: display screens
B60K 35/28
Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor: characterised by the type of the…

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