Method and device for controlling equipment for air conditioning a vehicle seat, and control equipment therefor
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRalf Wollenhaupt, Matthias Pietsch, Matthias Michanicki
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a device for air conditioning a vehicle seat includes at least one heating device for heating the vehicle seat and at least one ventilating device for ventilating the vehicle seat, as well as a device for operating the same. In order to adapt the air conditioning of the vehicle seat to the individual, subjective needs of the person using it, it is provided that, in response to a manually switched on ventilating device, the heating device is automatically regulated, at least as a function of a seat surface temperature.
Claims21
A method for controlling an apparatus for air conditioning a vehicle, the apparatus including at least one heating device configured to heat the vehicle seat and at least one ventilation device configured to ventilate the vehicle seat, comprising:
- assigning a specified setpoint value curve of a seat surface temperature to settings of the ventilation device;
- setting the apparatus to a ventilating mode in which the setpoint value for a seat surface temperature is set below a setpoint value for a seat surface temperature during a non-ventilating mode;
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- during the ventilating mode, automatically regulating the heating device to heat the seat at least as a function of a seat surface temperature.
An apparatus of controlling a device for air conditioning a vehicle seat, comprising:
- at least one heating device configured to heat the vehicle seat;
- at least one ventilation device configured to ventilate the vehicle seat wherein the ventilation device includes settings, a specified set point value curve of a seat surface temperature assignable to the settings of the ventilation device;
- a control unit configured to generate command signals to control the heating device and the ventilation device, the control unit configured to automatically regulate the heating device, during a ventilating mode of the device for air conditioning the vehicle seat in which the setpoint value for a seat surface temperature is set below a setpoint value for a seat surface temperature during a non-ventilating mode, at least as a function of a seat surface temperature;
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- an operation device configured to manually operate the heating device and the ventilation device.
An apparatus for controlling a device for air conditioning a vehicle seat, comprising:
- at least one heating device configured to heat the vehicle seat;
- at least one ventilation device configured to ventilate the vehicle seat wherein the ventilation device includes settings, a specified set point value curve of a seat surface temperature assignable to the settings of the ventilation device;
- a control unit configured to generate command signals to control the heating device and the ventilation device, the control unit configured to automatically regulate the heating device, during a ventilating mode of the device for air conditioning the vehicle seat in which the setpoint value for a seat surface temperature is set below a setpoint value for a seat surface temperature during a non-ventilating mode, at least as a function of a seat surface temperature;
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- a single, manually-operable control element configured to set both the heating device and the ventilation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.