Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the operation of an automobile air conditioner comprises mode switches which permit selection between a manual control mode and an automatic control mode for the control of the flow rate of the conditioned air, and a digital computer incorporating therein a memory which memorizes the selected control mode in accordance with signals received from the mode switches. The digital computer is constituted to give instructions to control members of the air conditioner for controlling in accordance with the values stored in the memory, and to set in the memory a value representing the automatic control mode so as to operate the air conditioner in the automatic control mode when a main switch of the air conditioner is turned on.

Abstract: An automotive air conditioner device includes an air duct, a blower motor for producing an air stream to be supplied to an automotive passenger compartment through the air duct, a heat exchanger having a heater and a cooling device, and an electronic control device. The electronic control device includes various sensors, a microcomputer for executing computation processings of output signals from the various sensors in accordance with a predetermined program and producing a first and a second control signal, a drive circuit responsive to the first control signal for changing a temperature adjusting value of the heat exchanger and another drive circuit responsive to the second control signal for changing the cooling power of the cooling device, thereby to control the air temperature within the automotive passenger compartment at a desired value.

Abstract: A malfunction procedure indicating system which monitors continuously the condition of a plurality of inspection items associated with the operation of a vehicle, whereby when the existence of a malfunction in at least one of the plurality of inspection items is detected, a first procedure corresponding to the malfunction is indicated by both verbal representation and visual display during the operation of the vehicle and a second procedure following the first procedure is also indicated by both verbal representation and visual display.

Abstract: In control of an air conditioner, a first deviation corresponding to the rate of change of the actual air temperature in a compartment is detected such that an expected value of the actual air temperature to be obtained as a stable value under the control of the air conditioner is detected to detect a second deviation in relation to a desired temperature. When the second deviation is larger than a predetermined value, a third deviation is also detected in relation to the second deviation to adjust the temperature of air flow supplied from the air conditioner and to eliminate undesired temperature deviation caused by fluctuation of the heat load in the compartment.

Abstract: In control of an air conditioner, the rate of change of the actual temperature of air in a compartment is detected to detect a deviation between the actual temperature of air and a desired temperature of air. When the detected deviation is larger than a predetermined value, another deviation is also detected to adjust the temperature of air flow supplied from the air conditioner and to eliminate undesired temperature deviation caused by fluctuation of the heat load in the compartment.

Abstract: In an electric control method and apparatus for an automobile air conditioning system, an air-blend door is arranged between an evaporator and a heater within an air duct to control an amount of the cooled air flowing through the heater into a passenger compartment and to control an amount of the cooled air directly flowing into the compartment, and a refrigerant compressor for the evaporator is connected to a prime mover of the automobile when the air-blend door is opened to allow the cooled air flowing through the heater in a limited range and is disconnected from the prime mover when the air-blend door is further opened to allow the cooled air flowing through the heater beyond the limited range.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an automobile air conditioner wherein a deviation between the actual in-car temperature and a desired in-car temperature is periodically calculated to detect such various thermal disturbances as changes of the solar heat, the temperature of outside air, the number of passengers and the like, and wherein a compensation value of the opening angle of the air-blend door is determined in accordance with the periodical variation of the deviation to ensure stable control of the in-car temperature.

Abstract: In an electric control method and apparatus for an air conditioner, a digital computer is utilized to calculate the quantity of heat necessary for adjusting and maintaining the actual temperature in a compartment to a desired value. The computer is also programmed to calculate the quantity of air flow in accordance with the actual ambient temperature outside the compartment and to calculate the temperature of air flow in relation to the calculated quantity of air flow necessary for discharging the calculated quantity of heat into the compartment.

Abstract: An electric control method and apparatus for an automobile air conditioner which is capable of conducting recirculation of inside air from a passenger compartment into an air duct under undesired outside air conditions caused by noxious gases, dust and the like and is also capable of conducting induction of outside air into the compartment through the air duct when the undesired outside air conditions are extinguished.

Abstract: In the pipeline of a refrigerator system comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator, a thermistor adapted to serve as a detector for detecting the dryness of refrigerant is disposed so as to be immersed in the refrigerant at a position where the refrigerant is changed into a homogeneous gas-liquid mixture under the low refrigerant condition. The dryness of the refrigerant is detected by utilizing the fact that while the thermistor is cooled by the refrigerant when its quantity is normal, when its quantity is below normal the refrigerant is changed into a dry gas so that the thermistor is not cooled by the refrigerant and its resistance value is changed. Also a control circuit is provided which is responsive to the signal from the detector, whereby when the dryness of the refrigerant reaches a predetermined value, a signal is generated to render the compressor inoperative.