Patent ID: 11938785
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A system including an air conditioner provided in a vehicle, an information processing device provided in the vehicle, and a user terminal owned by a user, wherein:
the user terminal transmits a remote signal to the vehicle to start pre-air conditioning in the vehicle;
when the remote signal is received in the vehicle, the information processing device transmits, to the air conditioner, an operation command for operating the air conditioner for a predetermined operating time; and
further, the information processing device determines whether the user is present within a predetermined range from the vehicle at a predetermined timing when a predetermined operating time has elapsed from a start of the pre-air conditioning by the air conditioner based on the operation command, and transmits an extension command for extending an operating time of the air conditioner when the user is determined to be present within the predetermined range from the vehicle, wherein
the information processing device determines whether the user is present within the predetermined range from the vehicle based on whether an electronic key associated with the vehicle is present within the predetermined range from the vehicle, and
the predetermined range is a range where snow removal operation is performed by the user for removing snow accumulated around the vehicle,
wherein during the extended operating time of the air conditioner, the information processing device increases a first set temperature of the air conditioner inside the vehicle from a second set temperature of the air conditioner, and
the second set temperature is a temperature of the air conditioner set during a normal period of the operating time of the air conditioner from the start of the pre-air conditioning to the predetermined timing.