Efficient climate control for multi-user autonomous vehicles
Zoox, Inc.
There is provided a method comprising: determining an occupancy status of a first region of a vehicle; determining, based at least in part on the occupancy status, a first climate control setting for the first region; controlling a climate control system of the vehicle to adjust a climate of the first region according to the first climate control setting; determining that a second region of the vehicle is unoccupied, wherein the second region is fluidly connected to the first region; determining a second climate control setting, wherein the second climate control setting is based at least in part on the occupancy status of the first region and characteristic data associated with a predicted potential change in occupancy status for the second region; and controlling the climate control system to adjust a climate of the second region according to the second climate control setting.
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A system comprising: a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, HVAC, system; one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising: receiving booking data associated with a booking for an autonomous vehicle operating as a robotic taxi, the booking data including one or more vehicle booking characteristics…
2Description
Climate control systems in autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles allow the variation of a climate in the interior of the vehicle according to preferences of passengers of those vehicles. The climate may be varied by adjusting air flow and characteristics of the air flow using a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system connected by ducting to the interior of the vehicle. The…