The vehicle air-conditioner includes a noncontact detector configured to detect skin temperatures at specific locations on a face of a passenger. The vehicle air conditioner includes a calculator configured to calculate an average temperature on the face o...

The odor or pollutant elimination method uses a signal from a sensor (1), detecting an odor or a pollutant in the outside air, for closing ventilation flaps (5) of a ventilation system for blocking the intake of outside air and an air quality signal from a...

A car air conditioning electric heater (2) temperature monitor has infrared (4a) and additionally or alternatively resistance (4b) and optical fibre (4c) contactless to senses the thermal radiation from the heater element surface and control unit (6) to sw...

The method involves determining the type of clothing of at least one occupant in the vicinity of at least one body part and taking this into account when setting the desired value of the interior temperature. The thermal conductivity of the clothing is det...

A multi-zone climate control system and method for a motor vehicle is disclosed . The system comprises a passenger seat occupancy detector 28, 30, 32, 34 at each of a plurality of passenger seats for generating a respective seat occupancy signal indicative...

The car heating and cooling system comprises a device for improving the comfort of the passenger. This comprises deflector plates (18) for an air stream (22) on which sensors (26) are mounted which remotely measure the temperature of points on the passenge...