Patent ID: 11957489
Assignee: GENTHERM GMBH
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  F | IPC A  B  F

Claim 14:
15. A method for controlling temperature in an environment, comprising:
controlling the temperature in the environment using a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system;
generating an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal for an occupant of the environment;
generating environmental data selected from a group consisting of the environmental temperature, an ambient temperature, humidity, sun load and air velocity;
identifying inter-beat intervals based on the ECG signal;
controlling the HVAC system based on the inter-beat intervals and the environmental data;
comparing a variation in the inter-beat intervals to a predetermined variation threshold;
controlling the HVAC system using a temperature setpoint when the variation is greater than the predetermined variation threshold; and
controlling the HVAC system using a correlation between the inter-beat intervals and comfort of the occupant when the variation is less than the predetermined variation threshold.