An Unobstructive Sensing Method for Indoor Air Quality Optimization and Metabolic Assessment within Vehicles.

ABSTRACT: This work investigates the use of an intelligent and unobstructive sensing technique for maintaining vehicle cabin's indoor air quality while simultaneously assessing the driver metabolic rate. CO₂ accumulation patterns are of great interest because CO₂ can have negative cognitive effects at higher concentrations and also since CO₂ accumulation rate can potentially be used to determine a person's metabolic rate. The management of the vehicle's ventilation system was controlled by periodically alternating the air recirculation mode within the cabin, which was actuated based on the CO₂ levels inside the vehicle's cabin. The CO₂ accumulation periods were used to assess the driver's metabolic rate, using a model that considered the vehicle

SUBMITTER: Deng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7766572 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature