Patent ID: 7647786

Claim:
An automotive air-conditioning system comprising: blower control means ( 12 b ) for controlling the amount of air blown by a blower ( 12 ) mounted in an air passage ( 10 a ) within an air-conditioning unit ( 10 ); air outlet control means ( 17 , 19 , 21 ) for performing control to select at least one of a plurality of air outlets ( 16 , 18 , 20 ) installed at an end of said air passage and to direct the air blown by said blower so that the air is blown into a vehicle passenger compartment through said selected at least one air outlet; ambient temperature sensor ( 32 ) for detecting temperature outside said passenger compartment; outlet air temperature control means for controlling the temperature of the air to be blown into said passenger compartment; pollen mode setting means ( 39 f , 36 ) for switching between pollen mode control and normal control; and pollen mode control means ( 30 ) for performing, based on said switching by said pollen mode setting means, said pollen mode control in which said normal control is stopped and said air outlet control means is forcibly set to select a face air outlet ( 19 ) to blow the air toward an upper part of a vehicle occupant's body, wherein said pollen mode control means performs control in said pollen mode control by correcting at least either said amount of air used in said normal control or said outlet air temperature used in said normal control.