Patent ID: 7246656

Claim:
A vehicle air conditioner for a vehicle, the vehicle having an instrument panel on which at least one of a temperature-setting switch, an air volume-setting switch, an audio switch, and a navigation switch is disposed, the vehicle air conditioner comprising: a non-contact temperature sensor that detects a temperature of inside air of the vehicle; a control unit that controls a temperature of conditioned air flowing into a vehicle compartment based on the temperature detected by the non-contact temperature sensor, and a memory that stores a plurality of detection values detected by the non-contact temperature sensor; wherein the non-contact temperature sensor is disposed on the instrument panel so that the non-contact temperature sensor is disposed above at least one of the temperature-setting switch, the air volume-setting switch, the audio switch, and the navigation switch; and upon detecting an operation of one of the temperature-setting switch, the air volume-setting switch, the audio switch, and the navigation switch, the control unit controls the temperature of the conditioned air based on the detection values that is an average of the plurality of detection values stored in the memory.