Remotely operable air conditioning system for vehicle
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1. An air conditioning system for a vehicle, the air conditioning system comprising:
- a room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a passenger room of the vehicle;
an operating device that is provided separately from the vehicle and is operable at a location remote from the vehicle;
an air conditioning apparatus that is provided in the vehicle and includes;
a first device that performs ventilation of the passenger room of the vehicle; and
a second device that includes a refrigeration cycle and performs air conditioning of the passenger room;
at least one drive source that is provided in the vehicle and supplies power to the air conditioning apparatus; and
a control device that is provided in the vehicle to control the air conditioning apparatus and thereby to control the ventilation and the air conditioning of the passenger room, wherein the operating device communicates with the control device in a parked state of the vehicle to selectively control the first device and the second device in such a manner that the control device selects at least one from the first device and the second device and operates the selected at least one of the first device and the second device upon reception of a corresponding operational instruction from the operating device when the room temperature, which is measured through the room temperature sensor, is equal to or higher than a first temperature;
whereinthe control device determines a thermal load based on temperature information, which includes the room temperature of the passenger room measured through the room temperature sensor; and
the first device is given a higher priority over the second device and is thus operated first by the control device to ventilate the passenger room upon reception of the corresponding operational instruction from the operating device when the room temperature of the passenger room is equal to or higher than the first temperature.
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Abstract
A control device is provided in a vehicle to control an air conditioning apparatus and thereby to control ventilation and air conditioning of a passenger room of the vehicle. A mobile device communicates with the control device in a parked state of the vehicle to selectively control a first device, which performs ventilation of the passenger room, and a second device, which performs air conditioning of the passenger room, of the air conditioning apparatus in such a manner that at least one of the first device and the second device is selectively operated upon reception of a corresponding operational instruction from the operating device.
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1. An air conditioning system for a vehicle, the air conditioning system comprising:
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a room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a passenger room of the vehicle; an operating device that is provided separately from the vehicle and is operable at a location remote from the vehicle; an air conditioning apparatus that is provided in the vehicle and includes; a first device that performs ventilation of the passenger room of the vehicle; and a second device that includes a refrigeration cycle and performs air conditioning of the passenger room; at least one drive source that is provided in the vehicle and supplies power to the air conditioning apparatus; and a control device that is provided in the vehicle to control the air conditioning apparatus and thereby to control the ventilation and the air conditioning of the passenger room, wherein the operating device communicates with the control device in a parked state of the vehicle to selectively control the first device and the second device in such a manner that the control device selects at least one from the first device and the second device and operates the selected at least one of the first device and the second device upon reception of a corresponding operational instruction from the operating device when the room temperature, which is measured through the room temperature sensor, is equal to or higher than a first temperature;
whereinthe control device determines a thermal load based on temperature information, which includes the room temperature of the passenger room measured through the room temperature sensor; and the first device is given a higher priority over the second device and is thus operated first by the control device to ventilate the passenger room upon reception of the corresponding operational instruction from the operating device when the room temperature of the passenger room is equal to or higher than the first temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An air conditioning system for a vehicle, the air conditioning system comprising:
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a room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a passenger room of the vehicle; an operating device that is provided separately from the vehicle and is operable at a location remote from the vehicle; an air conditioning apparatus that is provided in the vehicle and includes; a first device that performs ventilation of the passenger room of the vehicle; and a second device that includes a refrigeration cycle and performs air conditioning of the passenger room; at least one drive source that is provided in the vehicle and supplies power to the air conditioning apparatus; and a control device that is provided in the vehicle to control the air conditioning apparatus and thereby to control the ventilation and the air conditioning of the passenger room, wherein; the operating device communicates with the control device in a parked state of the vehicle to selectively control the first device and the second device in such a manner that at least one of the first device and the second device is selectively operated upon reception of a corresponding operational instruction from the operating device; the control device determines a thermal load based on temperature information, which includes the room temperature of the passenger room measured through the room temperature sensor; the operating device includes an operational command input arrangement for inputting; an operational instruction for operating the air conditioning apparatus; and estimated boarding time, which indicates estimated time of boarding of a user into the vehicle; the control device receives the operational instruction for operating the air conditioning apparatus and the estimated boarding time from the operating device and determines an estimated necessary time period, which is required to change the room temperature to a target temperature by operation of the air conditioning apparatus; and when the estimated necessary time period is less than a remaining time period left before the estimated boarding time, the first device is given a higher priority over the second device and is thus operated first by the control device to ventilate the passenger room. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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