Patent ID: 8892277

Claim:
A vehicle air-conditioning control method comprising: calculating an air-conditioning reference temperature for an interior of a vehicle that runs between stations on the basis of an in-vehicle temperature measured by an in-vehicle temperature sensor provided inside the vehicle, an outside air temperature measured by an outside air temperature sensor provided on the exterior of the vehicle, an in-vehicle humidity measured by a humidity sensor provided inside the vehicle, and a vehicle occupancy rate measured by a load-compensating sensor provided in the vehicle; determining an air-conditioning control pattern for performing air-conditioning of the inside of the vehicle on the basis of the air-conditioning reference temperature; and controlling a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus of the vehicle on the basis of the air-conditioning control pattern, wherein data of a preceding vehicle is received, and is used in air-conditioning control of the vehicle, and wherein the data is obtained from a sensor disposed on a train car of the preceding vehicle having a same relative car number position as the car of the vehicle.