Patent ID: 8813831

Claim:
An air-conditioning system for a vehicle, the system comprising: an air-conditioning unit control module that regulates temperature inside a passenger compartment toward a setpoint temperature, the control module configured to correct regulation of temperature in the passenger compartment as a function of a value of insolation received in the passenger compartment; and means for correcting the insolation value to improve correction of the temperature regulation inside the passenger compartment, wherein the insolation value supplied to the control module is a corrected insolation value determined from at least one value of insolation in the visible spectrum and at least one value of insolation in the infrared spectrum, wherein the sensor used to provide the insolation values is used for systems that control switching-on of lights of the vehicle or systems that start windshield wipers of the vehicle, and wherein the corrected insolation value is computed when the at least one value of insolation in the infrared spectrum is greater than a first predetermined threshold, or the at least one value of insolation in the visible spectrum is smaller than a second predetermined threshold.