Patent ID: 8567687

Claim:
A vehicle heating and/or air-conditioning system has an automatic heating and air-conditioning function with a manual control mode and an automatic function control mode, the system comprising: a first setting device operatively configured for a user to set an air quantity from a given number of defined air quantities; a second setting device operatively configured for a user to set a desired interior temperature; wherein a manual control of an actual interior temperature and air quantity occurs in the manual control mode in accordance with the user's settings; wherein an automatic-function control of the actual interior temperature occurs in the automatic-function control mode in accordance with the desired interior temperature settable by the user and a selected air-conditioning style from a given number of air-conditioning styles, the automatic-function control of the actual interior temperature taking place by controlling one or more fans and controlling one or more air distribution flaps in accordance with the selected air-conditioning style, at least one of a characteristic fan curve and characteristic air distribution curve by which the automatic-function control takes place being assigned to each air-conditioning style; and wherein a selection of the air-conditioning style in the automatic-function control mode occurs by way of the first setting device.