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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Kenichi Takenaka, Handa, JP;
Kuniharu Kutsuna, Okazaki, JP;
Kazumutsu Azuma, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hiroki Iwashita, Kariya, JP;
Yuji Kawamoto, Kariya, JP;
Kenichi Takenaka, Handa, JP;
Kuniharu Kutsuna, Okazaki, JP;
Kazumutsu Azuma, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hiroki Iwashita, Kariya, JP;
Yuji Kawamoto, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An operation unit for a vehicle air conditioner includes a display device, a setting input portion of a control parameter of the air conditioner other than a set temperature, an obtaining portion configured to obtain a present set value of the control parameter, and an operating state identification portion configured to identify whether an air-conditioning operating state is in a plurality of predetermined operating states of the air conditioner. In the operation unit, a moving pattern of a pointer of the display device is changed according to the operating state of the air conditioner. For example, a pointer operation control portion can be configured to control an operation of a pointer driving motor such that the pointer moves on a dial of the display device at different moving speeds according to the air-conditioning operating state.