Control display device for an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle

Claim 1

Operating display device for an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle, comprising: a plurality of push button keys; at least one of said keys being an automatic operation key operable to place said air conditioning system in an automatic operating mode wherein operating status of functions of said air-conditioning system, including at least one of: temperature, air flow and air distribution, are selected by said air-conditioning system; others of said push button keys being permanently assigned function keys individually operable to at least partially override said automatic operation mode by manually selecting a desired operating status for at least one of said functions and placing said air-conditioning system in said desired operating status; display means, operative at least when said air-conditioning system is in said automatic mode, for displaying a visual indication of an adjustable desired temperature setting for said air-conditioning system, current operating status of functions of said air-conditioning system selected by operation of said function keys, and current operating status of functions of said air-conditioning system which are automatically selected by said air-conditioning system in said automatic operating mode.