Apparatus and method for improving air quality in vehicle

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PATENT NO 9889719
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15277068

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An apparatus and a method for improving air quality in a vehicle are provided. The method for improving air quality in a vehicle, includes: acquiring state information about the vehicle and/or environmental information of the vehicle; determining whether ventilation of the vehicle is to be performed according to the state information and/or the environmental information; deriving a time period for ventilation of the vehicle according to the state information and/or the environmental information if it is determined that the ventilation of the vehicle is to be performed; and performing the ventilation of the vehicle in open mode automatically for the derived time period so as to improve the air quality in the vehicle. The apparatus and the method can improve the air quality in the vehicle before a user enters the vehicle, and thus provides the user with more comfort.

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BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTMUENCHEN

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Alfreider, Peter Munich, DE 1 7
Isert, Carsten Munich, DE 21 65
Zhou, Biyun Shanghai, CN 7 254

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