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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Toshifumi Kamiya, Takahama, JP;
Takayoshi Kawai, Hoi-gun, JP;
Yoshinori Ichishi, Kariya, JP;
Yuichi Kajino, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Ohga, Kariya, JP;
Katsuyoshi Nishii, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroshi Ando, Nagoya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioner for a vehicle which accurately estimates a thermal load to enhance inside temperature controllability. The air conditioner comprises a first surface temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of an internal surface region of a vehicle compartment which varies with a temperature of an external surface of a vehicle, and a second surface temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of a surface region which varies with an intensity of solar radiation intruding into the vehicle compartment. A target blowout air temperature is calculated using input signals including surface temperature signals detected by these sensors. Thus, intrusion heat (thermal load) due to a difference between an inside air temperature and a compartment internal surface temperature can be directly estimated to enable accurate thermal load calculation. Further, intrusion heat (thermal load) due to solar radiation into the vehicle compartment can be estimated using a temperature of an internal surface region which varies with solar radiation, thereby making it possible to carry out thermal load calculation with high accuracy.