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Vehicle air-conditioning control apparatus

CA 1279388 C · Owner: Hitachi, Ltd. · Inventors: Horiguchi, Hiyosei; Tezuka, Akira

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In a vehicle air-conditioning control apparatus for controlling the temperature and amount of air to be supplied to the interior of a vehicle room to control the air temperature in the room to a command value a, sunlit illumination sensor is provided including a plurality of photodetectors which have sensitivity characteristics varying with an incident angle of light and which are so arranged as to be oriented in different directions, an incident angle calculator is provided which calculates, on the basis of output signals of the photodetectors, an angle the sunlight ray makes to either of the righthand side and lefthand side of the vehicle and an angle of elevation of the sun relative to …

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  • Granted January 22, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 22, 2008.
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FiledDecember 2, 1987
GrantedJanuary 22, 1991
Term endedJanuary 22, 2008
Patent numberCA 1279388 C
Classification (IPC)B60H1/00 +1 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedDec 2, 1987Patent grantedJan 22, 1991Term endedJan 22, 2008

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