Method and device for detecting odor in a transportation vehicle

US11648817B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Thorben Günzel · Braunschweig, DE
• Stephan Max · Gifhorn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 26, 2019
• Grant date: May 16, 2023
• Expiry date: May 24, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01C21/3697
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and a device for detecting odor nuisances along a route of a subject transportation vehicle and for predictively initiating measures for preventing the penetration of the odorants of the odor nuisance into the subject transportation vehicle during travel. The method includes collecting swarm data from a plurality of swarm transportation vehicles in the surroundings of the route of the subject transportation vehicle, relating to the odor nuisance of each swarm transportation vehicle, ascertaining locations of an odor nuisance from the collected swarm data, ascertaining the extent of the odor nuisance around the respective location of the odor nuisance, and initiating measures in the subject transportation vehicle when approaching the location of an odor nuisance while taking into account the extent of the odor nuisance along the future route, wherein the measure is implemented at a predefined distance from the extent of the odor nuisance.