An indoor air quality control system, including a plurality of fixed detectors, an unmanned vehicle platform and a cloud computing platform. The fixed detectors detect the indoor air quality at respective designated positions in an indoor area. The unmanned vehicle platform moves along a designated route in the indoor area. When an index corresponding to the indoor air quality at a designated position reaches an air pollution warning value, a processing unit of the unmanned vehicle platform controls the unmanned vehicle platform to move towards a corresponding one of the designated positions and controls an air cleaning device on the unmanned vehicle platform to perform air cleaning. The cloud computing platform receives the indoor air quality detected by the respective fixed detectors and the mobile air quality detected by a mobile detector on the unmanned vehicle platform over the Internet.

Embodiments include a vehicle comprising a mirror assembly attached to a vehicle side and including an air temperature sensor for measuring a first temperature value; a wireless transceiver for receiving a second temperature value from a wireless network; and a processor configured to, upon determining that the first temperature value is greater than the second temperature value, cause the mirror assembly to move to a first position relative to the vehicle side. Another embodiment includes a method of correcting air temperature reading in a vehicle, the method comprising obtaining a first temperature measurement from an air temperature sensor located in a mirror assembly attached to a vehicle side; obtaining a second temperature measurement from a wireless network; and upon determining that the first temperature measurement is greater than the second temperature measurement, causing the mirror assembly to move to a first position relative to the vehicle side.

A vehicular air-conditioner includes: a wind changing unit that changes at least one of a wind volume and a wind direction of air-conditioned wind, a temperature detection unit that detects a surface temperature of an object based on radiation from the object, a detection position changing unit that changes a position of a detection target region that is a region in which the surface temperature is to be detected by the temperature detection unit, and a control unit that controls each operation of the wind changing unit and the detection position changing unit. The control unit controls at least one of the operation of the wind changing unit and the operation of the detection position changing unit to suppress changes in the wind volume of the air-conditioned wind in the detection target region when a portion of the surface of an occupant is in the detection target region.

A rotary actuator including a rotatable shaft, at least one processor, and memory storing instructions executable by the processor(s). The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the processor(s) to determine a temperature difference and rotate the rotatable shaft based at least in part on the temperature difference. The temperature difference is between a desired temperature setpoint value and a measured temperature value. The rotation of the rotatable shaft increases or decreases heat contributed by a heat-supplying device when the rotatable shaft is connected to the heat-supplying device.

Agricultural machines such as sprayers can be improved by providing pressure sensors inside and outside of the operator cab, a cab sensor for sensing an open or closed state of the operator cab, and a controller configured to activate/deactivate an airflow system according to the pressure sensors and the cab sensor. Accordingly, the controller can activate the airflow system to provide a positive pressure differential in the operator cab (higher pressure in the operator cab/lower pressure external to the operator cab), and deactivate the airflow system when the operator cab is in the open state to maximize the life of the system.

An apparatus and a method for measuring interior temperature of a vehicle, the apparatus includes a base substrate provided inside an interior panel of the vehicle and a housing including an infrared ray blocking material for inhibiting temperature of an inner space from being increased. The housing includes an exposed part provided in one side of the housing and exposed to an interior space of the vehicle, and an opening on a side portion of the exposed part for allowing the inner space of the housing to communicate with the interior space through the opening. The apparatus further includes a non-contact sensor provided on the inner space of the housing for measuring temperatures of the exposed part and the opening, and a controller calculating temperature of the interior space of the vehicle with the measured values by the non-contact sensor.

A stowage system includes: a lock detection sensor detecting an unlocked state where a package can be taken in and out of a second package room which is separated from both an interior space of a vehicle and a first package room formed above the horizontal plane extending along a floor of the interior space, and allows the package to be taken in and out from an outside of the vehicle, or a locked state; an air conditioning device; and a microprocessor. The air conditioning device forms a flow of air in the second package room by a fan. The microprocessor is configured to perform outputting an operation signal to the air conditioning device so that the fan operates when the lock detection sensor detects locking of the second package room in a state where the second package room stows the package.

A sound of a second vehicle engine is detected. Upon predicting a pollution event by comparing the detected sound to a stored sound model, a countermeasure is actuated in a first vehicle.

Methods and apparatus relating to optimization of vehicular systems for occupant presence and condition are described. In one embodiment, logic circuitry detects presence and/or condition of one or more occupants of a vehicle based on sensor data. Memory (e.g., non-volatile memory) stores information corresponding to one or more functions of the vehicle. The logic circuitry transmits a request to the vehicle to cause an adjustment to the one or more functions of the vehicle. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

A sensor device for measuring an interior temperature of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes an inner trim which includes an aperture and latching springs. The sensor device includes a housing which is inserted in an insertion direction into the aperture of the inner trim of the motor vehicle, a circuit board arranged in the housing, at least one electrical temperature sensor element arranged on the circuit board, and latching lugs arranged on the housing which form an engagement with the latching springs formed on the inner trim. The engagement of the latching lugs with the latching springs forms a latching arrangement which fixes the housing when inserted into the aperture.