Air conditioning control device of vehicle

• US 9,862,246 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2014
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kikuchi, Takuro, Nomura, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): RUBY, TRAVIS C
• Application Number:
  US14/456,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20150053370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 165202
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00742 by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00778 the input being a stationary vehicle position, e.g. parking or stopping
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00878 the components being temperature regulating devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00964 Control systems or circuits characterised by including features for automatic and non-automatic control, e.g. for changing from automatic to manual control

Abstract

An air conditioning control device of a vehicle in which an air conditioner for adjusting a temperature in a cabin is mounted is provided. The air conditioning control device includes a setting portion, a detector, and an electronic control unit. The setting portion is configured to set an execution schedule of pre-air conditioning that the air conditioner is actuated before a user gets in a vehicle. The detector is configured to detect boarding on the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to actuate the air conditioner in accordance with the set execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning, and is also configured to notify the user about execution of the pre-air conditioning when the boarding of the user on the vehicle is detected after the air conditioner is actuated in accordance with the set execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning.

Claims

1. An air conditioning control device for a vehicle in which an air conditioner that adjusts a temperature in a cabin is mounted, the air conditioning control device comprising:

a setting portion configured to set an execution schedule of pre-air conditioning to actuate the air conditioner before a user gets in the vehicle;

a detector configured to detect boarding of the user on the vehicle; and

an electronic control unit configured to;

actuate the air conditioner in accordance with the set execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning, and

visually notify the user about execution of the pre-air conditioning when the boarding is detected after the air conditioner is actuated in accordance with the set execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning; and

when the boarding is detected, notify the user about an execution history of the execution of the pre-air conditioning occurring when the boarding is not detected, after a first predetermined number of times that the execution of the pre-air conditioning occurs when the boarding is not detected.

2. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to notify about the execution of the pre-air conditioning as well as a date and time when the pre-air conditioning is executed and/or the number of times that the pre-air conditioning is executed.

3. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to cancel setting of the execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning when the execution of the pre-air conditioning is notified to the user for a second predetermined number of times.

4. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to cancel setting of the execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning when the air conditioner is actuated in accordance with the set execution schedule of the pre-air conditioning for a third predetermined number of times.

5. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1, wherein the execution schedule is a schedule that identifies specific dates and times when the pre-air conditioning is executed.

6. The air conditioning control device according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined number of times that the execution of the pre-air conditioning occurs when the boarding is not detected is at least two times.