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Air conditioner control system
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1982-04-13
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Granted: 1984-05-15
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Expires: 2002-04-13
Abstract
Abstract A plurality of control modes set in consideration of the comfortability in a compartment of a vehicle are previously stored in a memory medium, such as a magnetic card, and programs of the compressor control, the recirculation/fresh air change-over control, the blow-out opening change-over control, the air flow rate control, the condensation prevention control and the like which are preset in a central processing unit are performed in accordance with the data of the aforesaid memory medium. Output signals from sensors provided at various portions of the vehicle or instructions by the operator, and various controls concerning the air conditioner are automatically performed without requiring manual operations. The controls can be effected through any one of a speech recognition device, sensors, external components and manual operations.
Inventors
- 👤 Masakazu Moriyama
- 👤 Takao Saito
- 👤 Akinori Ido
- 👤 Takeo Matsushima
- 👤 Hisao Hara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 20:38
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60H; B60H1/00; B60H1/00642; B60H1/00971; G; G05; G05D; G05D23/00; G05D23/19; G05D23/1917; F; F24; F24F; F24F11/00; F24F11/30; F24F2110/00; F24F2110/10; F24F2110/50; F24F2130/00; F24F2130/40; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B30/00; Y02B30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said sensors including at least a condensation sensor for detecting humidity and a temperature sensor for detecting ambient air temperature, whereby said condensation control performs a regulation of a blow-out air flow rate and a control of a rear defogger and a compresor in response to output signals from said condensation sensor and said temperature sensor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said sensors including at least a condensation sensor for detecting humidity and a temperature sensor for detecting ambient air temperature, whereby said condensation control performs a regulation of a blow-out air flow rate and a control of a rear defogger and a compresor in response to output signals from said condensation sensor and said temperature sensor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
An air conditioner control system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said memory medium is a magnetic card.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
An air conditioner control system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said memory medium is a magnetic tape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
124 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control, and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said sensors including at least an air contamination sensor, whereby a fresh air condition is changed into a recirculation air condition, and vice versa, in response to a signal from said air contamination sensor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
124 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control, and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said sensors including at least an air contamination sensor, whereby a fresh air condition is changed into a recirculation air condition, and vice versa, in response to a signal from said air contamination sensor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
128 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control, and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said sensors including at least a condensation sensor for detecting humidity, whereby a defrosting condition is changed into other conditions, and vice versa, in response to a signal from said condensation sensor under said blow-out opening changeover control.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
128 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control, and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said sensors including at least a condensation sensor for detecting humidity, whereby a defrosting condition is changed into other conditions, and vice versa, in response to a signal from said condensation sensor under said blow-out opening changeover control.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
133 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control, and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said recirculation/fresh air change-over control, said blow-out opening change-over control and said air purification control being arranged in an order of priority from the control by manual operations, the control through the sensors and the control through the data from said memory medium.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
133 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control, and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said recirculation/fresh air change-over control, said blow-out opening change-over control and said air purification control being arranged in an order of priority from the control by manual operations, the control through the sensors and the control through the data from said memory medium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
120 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control, and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said control modes stored in said memory medium including a normal mode, a comfortability emphasizing mode, an economy emphasizing mode, a quietness emphasizing mode and a smoke exclusion emphasizing mode.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
120 words
An air conditioner control system comprising: a memory medium for storing control modes in which the comfortability of a vehicle is taken into consideration; and a central process unit having a control program corresponding to at least one of a plurality of controls including a compressor control, a recirculation/fresh air change-over control, a blow-out opening change-over control, an air flow rate control, a condensation control and an air purification control, and performing said control program in response to outputs from various sensors, external instructions, and data from said memory medium, said control modes stored in said memory medium including a normal mode, a comfortability emphasizing mode, an economy emphasizing mode, a quietness emphasizing mode and a smoke exclusion emphasizing mode.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
49 words
An air conditioner control system as set forth in claim 7, wherein each of said five modes is divided into a plurality of control patterns corresponding to a required blow-out temperature, and a blow-out air flow rate is controlled as a control value in accordance with said control pattern.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
An air conditioner control system as set forth in claim 7, wherein said normal mode, said quietness emphasizing mode and said smoke exclusion emphasizing mode are controlled in accordance with a selected one of said required blow-out temperature less an ambient air temperature and a relative humidity less an index of resentment.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
An air conditioner control system as set forth in claim 7, wherein said comfortability emphasizing mode is controlled in accordance with an ambient air temperature.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
An air conditioner control system as set forth in claim 7, wherein said economy emphasizing mode is controlled in accordance with a required blow-out temperature less an evaporator outlet temperature.
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