IP Library Granted Patent US 11,634,010
Granted Patent B2
US 11,634,010 · App. 16/611,635 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Method for the start-up of an air-conditioning system, computer-readable storage medium, and air-conditioning system

Inventors: Sebastian Sonnek (Stockdorf, DE); Daniel Thürmer (Stockdorf, DE); Christian Kirsch (Stockdorf, DE); Jörg Ruthenberg (Stockdorf, DE)
Assignee: WEBASTO SE
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Patent No.
US 11,634,010
App. No.
16/611,635
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The commissioning of an air conditioning system requires a series of manual steps, which leads to inefficient commissioning. A method is therefore provided for commissioning an air conditioning system of a vehicle, including the following: a) Reading in a target data record indicating a target vehicle state; b) Recording an actual data record indicating an actual vehicle state by measuring at least one signal and/or communicating with at least one vehicle component; c) Comparing the actual vehicle state with a target vehicle state; d) Activating at least one function of the air conditioning system only if the actual vehicle state corresponds to the target vehicle state.

Claims (43)

1. Method for commissioning an air conditioning system of a vehicle, comprising:

(a) Reading in a target data record indicating a target vehicle state;

(b) Recording an actual data record indicating an actual vehicle state by measuring at least one signal and/or communicating with at least one vehicle;

c) Comparing the actual vehicle state with a target vehicle state;

d) Activating at least one function of the air conditioning system only if the actual vehicle state corresponds to the target vehicle state.

2. Method according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the target data record specifies a number of vehicle components and/or signals from vehicle components.

3. Method according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the recording is carried out by measuring signals transmitted on a bus system.

4. Method according to claim 3 , wherein the bus system is an air conditioning bus and/or a vehicle bus.

5. Method according to claim 1 ,

wherein

measuring comprises measuring voltage and/or current on a plug connector of a gateway device.

6. Method according to claim 1 ,

wherein

communication comprises reading status information and/or control commands on a vehicle bus.

7. Method according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the comparison comprises a comparison of whether the data of the actual data record is contained in the target data record.

8. Method according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the target data record designates at least one vehicle component, wherein the comparison comprises a check of whether a signal from the at least one designated vehicle component is measured.

9. Method according to claim 1 ,

further comprising

Checking a/the number of vehicle components using the target data record and the actual data record;

Saving an error log using the tested number of vehicle components.

10. Computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that cause at least one processor to implement a method according to claim 1 when the instructions are executed by the processor.

11. Air conditioning system for a vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle bus to which a plurality of vehicle components are connected, which transmits an actual data record via the vehicle bus that indicates an actual vehicle state;

a gateway device that is communicatively connected to the plurality of vehicle components via the vehicle bus,

the gateway device is designed to compare the actual vehicle state with a target vehicle state, wherein a function of the gateway device is activated only if the actual vehicle state corresponds to the target vehicle state.

12. Air conditioning system according to claim 11 ,

wherein

the gateway device comprises a memory device for the storage of a number of target vehicle states, wherein the gateway device is designed to select a target vehicle state for the comparison using a vehicle identification.

13. Air conditioning system according to claim 11 ,

further comprising

a control unit of the vehicle, wherein the gateway device is designed to assign a vehicle identification transmitted by the control unit via the vehicle bus to a target state.

14. Air conditioning system according to claim 11 ,

further comprising

a heater, in particular an auxiliary heater, and at least one temperature sensor, each of which is communicatively connected to the gateway device via an air conditioning bus,

wherein the gateway device is designed to activate the heater if a temperature value provided by the temperature sensor is specified by the target data record.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2019
From: SONNEK, SEBASTIAN; THURMER, DANIEL; KIRSCH, CHRISTIAN; RUTHENBERG, JORG
To: WEBASTO SE
Reel/Frame 051340/0584 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 109 863.1 · May 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200062083A1 · Feb 27, 2020
Cited By (1)
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