Patent ID: 7055340
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B60H,G07C,G08C

Abstract:
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: 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; wherein 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; 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.