Patent ID: 6945060

Claim:
A vehicle air conditioning system comprising: means for independently air conditioning a plurality of zones in a passenger compartment; means for storing control characteristics of the air conditioning means for at least one passenger; means for automatically controlling a control state of the air conditioning means based on the control characteristics of the air conditioning means for each passenger stored by the storing means; means for manually setting the control state of the air conditioning means for each passenger; means for identifying a specific passenger; and means for learning a set state of the manual setting means, and altering the control characteristics of the air conditioning means for each passenger stored in the storing means based on the results of learning and storing the altered control characteristic; wherein the passenger identifying means is capable of identifying a seat position taken by the specific passenger, the storing means is capable of storing control characteristics of the air conditioning means for each seat position taken by the specific passenger, and the characteristics altering means is capable of altering control characteristics of the air conditioning means for each seat position taken by the specific passenger and causing the altered control characteristics to be stored.