Patent ID: 7325595

Claim:
An automotive air conditioning system comprising: a heater for heating air sent out into a passenger compartment; a face outlet provided on a downstream side of the heater as viewed along the flow of air for sending out air toward faces of occupants in the passenger compartment; a foot outlet provided on the downstream side of the heater as viewed along the flow of air for sending out air toward feet of the occupants in the passenger compartment; a target air-outlet temperature (TAO) calculating unit for calculating a target air-outlet temperature (TAO) for air sent out into the passenger compartment; an outlet mode setting unit for setting at least a bilevel mode in which the face outlet and the foot outlet are opened at the same time and a foot mode in which the face outlet is closed, whereas the foot outlet is opened; a heating source for heating a heating medium supplied to the heater; and a control unit configured to control operation of the heating source such that the heating capacity of the heater for the target air-outlet temperature (TAO) during an operation in the bilevel mode becomes larger than the heating capacity of the heater for the target air-outlet temperature (TAO) during operation in the foot mode.