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

Claim 10:
11. A method for adjusting a cabin comfort setting of a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving an intended destination from a user;
determining a planned travel route from a current location to the intended destination;
evaluating attributes of the planned travel route;
determining a climate control set-point based on the attributes of the planned travel route;
communicating 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;
adjusting the 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 to meet the determined set-point;
obtaining demographic information of the user;
referencing a group identity database, wherein the group identity database comprises demographic information from a user pool and geographic information from the user pool;
grouping the user with an aligned cohort from the user pool based on the demographic information of the user; and
inferring a degree of anxiety of the user during the planned travel route based on the attributes of the planned travel route and data from the aligned cohort, wherein the inferred degree of anxiety of the user is employed in the step of determining a climate control set-point based on the attributes of the planned travel route.