US Patent Issued to FCA US on Jan. 13 for "Method and system for controlling a vehicle climate control system based on thermal characteristics of an occupant" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,046, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Method and system for controlling a vehicle climate control system based on thermal characteristics of an occupant" was invented by Mark E Stout II (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Travis Bechtel (Goodrich, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a climate control system includes determining a thermal characteristic for an occupant of a vehicle based on thermal images from a thermal image device within the vehicle. Determining a thermal characteristic includes determining a clothing condition signal, determining an occupant entry condition signal, ...