Vehicle air conditioner with automatic air-conditioning control

An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:

• a memory unit for memorizing a set temperature of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, for each of plural regions that are divided from each other by an environment condition relating to air conditioning operation of the passenger compartment;
• a temperature setting unit that is manually operated by a passenger, for setting the set temperature at a desired value;
• and
• a control unit for controlling the air conditioning operation of the passenger compartment, wherein:
• when the temperature setting unit is operated, the control unit corrects the set temperature of an operation region that is a region among the plural regions, corresponding to a value of the environment condition at an operation time of the temperature setting unit, and the operation region is stored as a learned region;
• the control unit performs the air conditioning operation based on the set temperature of a present region among the plural regions, corresponding to a value of the present environment condition;
• and
• when the present region is moved from a region before being moved to a region to be moved among the plural regions, due to a change of the environment condition, the control unit changes a correction degree of the set temperature in the region to be moved in accordance with whether the region to be moved is the learned region, so that a change of the set temperature, larger than a predetermined value, is restricted.

An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:

• a memory unit for memorizing a set temperature of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, for each of plural regions that are divided from each other by an environment condition relating to air conditioning operation of the passenger compartment;
• a temperature setting unit that is manually operated by a passenger, for setting the set temperature at a desired value;
• and
• a control unit for controlling the air conditioning operation of the passenger compartment, wherein:
• when the temperature setting unit is operated, the control unit corrects the set temperature of an operation region that is a region among the plural regions, corresponding to a value of the environment condition at an operation time of the temperature setting unit;
• the control unit performs the air conditioning operation based on the set temperature of a present region among the plural regions, corresponding to a value of the present environment condition;
• when the temperature setting unit is operated, the control unit corrects the set temperature of peripheral regions of the operation region among the plural regions;
• and
• the control unit changes a correction degree of the set temperature of the peripheral regions in accordance with whether the peripheral region is the learned region.

An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:

• an operation unit that is manually operated by a passenger, for changing an air-conditioning set state of a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
• a memory unit for memorizing the air-conditioning set state after being operated, corresponding to an operation environment condition at the operation of the operation unit;
• and
• a control unit for controlling the air conditioning operation of the passenger compartment, when the control unit determines the same environment condition as the operation environment condition, and determines a peripheral environment condition similar to the same environment condition while determining that the peripheral environment condition is not experienced by the passenger, information of the air-conditioning set state is reflected to the air conditioning operation;
• and
• the peripheral environment condition, which is determined to be not experienced by the passenger, is an environment condition where an experienced time of the passenger is shorter than a predetermined time.

An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:

• an operation unit that is manually operated by a passenger, for changing an air-conditioning set state of a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
• a memory unit for memorizing the air-conditioning set state after being operated, corresponding to an operation environment condition at the operation of the operation unit;
• and
• a control unit for controlling the air conditioning operation of the passenger compartment, wherein:
• when the environment condition changes to a non-experience environment condition that is not experienced yet by the passenger, the control unit maintains at the present air-conditioning set state;
• when the environment condition changes to an experience environment condition that has experienced by the passenger, the control unit re-sets the previously stored air-conditioning set state;
• and
• the peripheral environment condition, which is determined to be not experienced by the passenger, is an environment condition where an experienced time of the passenger is shorter than a predetermined time.

A program of a computer for an air conditioner for performing air conditioning operation of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the program comprising:

• a memory process that memorizes information of an air-conditioning set state after being operated, corresponding to an operation environment condition at an operation time, when a change operation of the air-conditioning set state is performed by a passenger;
• a reflecting process that reflects the change operation of the air-conditioning set state to the air conditioning operation, in the same environment condition as the operation environment condition, and in a peripheral environment condition similar to the operation environment condition, where an experienced time of the passenger is shorter than a predetermined time;
• and
• a restricting process that restricts a reflecting degree or prevent a reflection of the change operation of the air-conditioning set state to the air conditioning operation, in a peripheral environment condition similar to the operation environment condition, where the experienced time of the passenger is equal to or longer than the predetermined time.

A program of a computer for an air conditioner for performing air conditioning operation of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the program comprising:

• a memory process that memorizes information of an air-conditioning set state after being operated, corresponding to an operation environment condition at an operation time, when a change operation of the air-conditioning set state is performed by a passenger;
• a maintaining process that maintains the present air conditioning state when the present environment condition changes to an environment condition where an experience time of the passenger is shorter than a predetermined time;
• and
• a re-setting process that resets the previously stored air-conditioning set state, when the present environment condition changes to an environment condition where the experienced time of the passenger is equal to or longer than the predetermined time.