US 11,766,918 B2
Vehicle air-conditioning device and vehicle provided with vehicle air-conditioning device
Yu Nakashima, Osaka (JP); Kou Komori, Nara (JP); Mio Furui, Osaka (JP); Kensaku Saitou, Tokyo (JP); Hiroshi Hamamoto, Hiroshima (JP); Yoichi Miyazaki, Hiroshima (JP); Hideaki Nishii, Hiroshima (JP); and Hiroaki Shigenaka, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP); and JAPAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP); and JAPAN CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/36,139.
Application 17/036,139 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/004903, filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-068774 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0039471 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00742 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00892 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle air conditioner mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
thermal environment detector configured to detect a thermal environment around an occupant in a cabin;
an R-R Interval detector configured to detect an RRI from a pulse wave of the occupant;
a comfort sensation calculator configured to calculate comfort sensation of the occupant from the RRI detected by the RRI detector, and output a signal indicating the comfort sensation of the occupant;
a thermal environment control device configured to control the thermal environment around the occupant;
a target control value setter configured to set a target control value of the thermal environment control device, based on the signal output from the comfort sensation calculator, which indicates the comfort sensation of the occupant; and
an occupant thermal sensation calculator configured to obtain a thermal model of the occupant based on thermal sensation calculation information containing the thermal environment around the occupant which is detected by the thermal environment detector and an operation state of the thermal environment control device, calculate thermal sensation of the occupant, and output a signal indicating the calculated thermal sensation, wherein
the target control value setter is configured to determine whether the signal from the comfort sensation calculator and the signal from the occupant thermal sensation calculator correspond to each other, and execute a process of correction for the signal output from the comfort sensation calculator, when both of the signals do not correspond to each other.