Air conditioner for vehicle and controlling method thereof

A method for controlling an air conditioner for a vehicle having an air-conditioning unit for supplying conditioned air into the vehicle, comprising:

• acquiring state information indicating a state of the vehicle;
• calculating a probability that a passenger will perform a predetermined setting operation, by inputting the state information into at least one probabilistic model for calculating said probability;
• modifying setting information or control information related to the setting operation of the passenger according to said probability so that the predetermined setting operation is performed, when said probability satisfies a predetermined condition;
• and
• controlling the air-conditioning unit according to the modified setting information or control information.

An air conditioner for a vehicle comprising:

• an air-conditioning unit for supplying conditioned air into the vehicle;
• an information acquiring unit for acquiring state information indicating a state of the vehicle, wherein the state information includes at least one of the pieces of locational information of the vehicle, motion information of the vehicle, time information and biological information of a passenger and also includes the air-conditioning information of the vehicle;
• an operating unit for acquiring the setting information related to the setting operation of a passenger;
• an air-conditioning control unit having a control equation for calculating the control information based on the air-conditioning information and the setting information, and controlling the air-conditioning unit according to the control information calculated using the control equation;
• a storage unit for storing the state information acquired by the information acquiring unit each time when the predetermined setting operation is performed via the operating unit;
• and
• a learning unit for selecting the state information related to the predetermined setting operation based on the state information stored in the storage unit when the number of times of performing the setting operation is not less than the predetermined number, and modifying the control equation when the selected state information only include the air-conditioning information.

A method of controlling an air conditioner for a vehicle, the air conditioner comprising an air-conditioning unit for supplying conditioned air into a vehicle, an information acquiring unit for acquiring state information indicating a state of the vehicle, the state information including at least one of the pieces of locational information of the vehicle, motion information of the vehicle, time information and biological information of a passenger and also includes the air-conditioning information of the vehicle, an operating unit for acquiring the setting information related to the setting operation of a passenger, and an air-conditioning control unit having a control equation for calculating the control information based on the air-conditioning information and the setting information, and controlling the air-conditioning unit according to the control information calculated using the control equation,

• the method comprising:
• storing the state information acquired by the information acquiring unit each time the predetermined setting operation is performed via the operating unit;
• selecting the state information related to the predetermined setting operation based on the state information stored in the storage unit when the number of times of performing the setting operation is not less than a predetermined number;
• judging whether or not the selected state information only include the air-conditioning information;
• and
• modifying the control equation when the selected state information only include the air-conditioning information.

A controller for control a device, comprising:

• an information acquiring unit for acquiring state information including the first and the second information;
• an operating unit for acquiring the setting information corresponding to the setting operation of the device;
• a control unit for calculating control information by inputting the first information and the setting information into a predetermined control equation and for controlling the device according to the control information;
• a storage unit for storing the state information acquired by the information acquiring unit each time the predetermined setting operation is performed via the operating unit;
• and
• a learning unit for selecting the state information related to the predetermined setting operation based on the state information stored in the storage unit and modifying the predetermined control equation when the selected state information only include the first information.