Adaptive control of an automotive HVAC system using crowd-based data

摘要

A motor vehicle includes an HVAC system that includes a climate control circuit coupled to on-board sensors, a man-machine interface, and climate actuators. The actuators respond to corresponding command parameters generated by the control circuit in response to the sensors and the man-machine interface. A wireless communication system transmits vehicle HVAC data to and receives crowd data from a remote server. The control circuit initiates a request for crowd data over the communication system to the remote server, the request including similarity parameters for identifying a vehicle environment. The control circuit receives a response from the remote server via the communication system. The answer includes crowd data and at least one weight indicating a confidence level associated with the crowd data. The control circuit generates at least one command parameter using a set of fuzzy rules in response to the crowd data and the weighting from the response.