Patent ID: 11904655
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. A system for adjusting a cabin comfort setting of a vehicle, the system comprising:
a climate control system that adjusts a temperature of air delivered to a cabin of the vehicle and a velocity of air delivered to the cabin of the vehicle;
a Global Positioning System that provides geographic information;
a group identity database; and
at least one controller that:
receives an intended destination from a user;
determines, by way of the Global Positioning System, a planned travel route from a current location to the intended destination;
evaluates attributes of the planned travel route;
determines a climate control set-point based on the attributes of the planned travel route;

communicates an instruction to adjust at least one setting chosen from a temperature of air delivered to a cabin of the vehicle and a velocity of air delivered to the cabin of the vehicle; and
adjusts the at least one setting chosen from the temperature of air delivered to the cabin of the vehicle and the velocity of air delivered to the cabin of the vehicle to meet the determined set-point.