Temperature adjusting apparatus

A temperature adjusting apparatus provided in a vehicle capable of performing automatic driving, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• determine whether an automatic driving control is operating in the vehicle;
• acquire a cabin temperature in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle;
• acquire environment information around the vehicle, and estimate a temperature trend in the vehicle cabin based on the acquired environment information, the acquired environment information including (i) a temperature, (ii) a humidity, (iii) an amount of solar radiation, (iv) an amount of air flow, (v) an amount of rainfall, (vi) a season, and (viii) predicted values of at least one of the temperature, the humidity, the amount of solar radiation, the amount of air flow, the amount of rainfall, and the season;
• adjust the cabin temperature by:
• when (i) the automatic driving control is determined to be operating in the vehicle and (ii) the acquired cabin temperature exceeds a predetermined range, controlling a temperature adjusting means provided in the vehicle to execute a temperature adjusting control to adjust the cabin temperature;
• controlling a plurality of types of temperature adjusting means, including the temperature adjusting means, based on the environment information to execute the temperature adjusting control;
• performing the temperature adjusting control in accordance with a preset value based on a degree of discomfort or a user setting value;
• executing the temperature adjusting control based on the estimated temperature trend in the vehicle cabin;
• and
• executing the temperature adjusting control by opening or closing at least one window of the vehicle based on at least the environment information around the vehicle;
• detect remaining energy to drive the temperature adjusting means of the plurality of types of temperature adjusting means;
• and
• change a destination of the vehicle to be a location where energy is configured to be supplied to the vehicle, when the detected remaining energy is less than or equal to a threshold and when all passengers in the vehicle cabin are children when the automatic driving control is operating in the vehicle.