Vehicle air conditioner with automatic air-conditioning control having learning function of manual operation

A vehicle air conditioner having automatic control, comprising:

• an air-conditioning portion for adjusting an air-conditioning state in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
• a memory portion for memorizing an air-conditioning control characteristic of the air-conditioning portion;
• an automatic control portion for automatically controlling the air-conditioning portion by a control amount corresponding to the air-conditioning control characteristic stored in the memory portion to perform the automatic control;
• an operation portion manually operated by a passenger, for manually setting the air-conditioning state to a manual control value by operating the air-conditioning portion;
• and
• a change portion for learning and changing the air-conditioning control characteristic in accordance with the manual control value when the operation portion is manually operated in the automatic control, so that the manual control value is reflected in the next automatic control, wherein:
• the change portion includes determining means for determining a necessary degree of a learning control of the air-conditioning control characteristic by determining whether the manual control value is within a predetermined range;
• and
• the change portion controls a reflecting degree of the manual control value in the air-conditioning control characteristic based on the necessary degree of the learning control.