A control system includes at least one temperature sensor positioned in an interior of a vehicle, an imaging device positioned at a footwell of the vehicle, and a controller communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor and the imaging device. The controller is configured to: determine an interior temperature from a temperature signal received from the temperature sensor, determine a footwear type from image data received from the imaging device, and direct air to the footwell when the footwear type is a predetermined footwear type and the interior temperature exceeds a threshold value.

The present teachings relate to a neck fan for a vehicle seat for generating a usable air flow that emerges from the neck fan toward a passenger, said neck fan being provided with at least one air conveying device for generating a usable air flow in the region of a headrest or the upper end of a seat back. It is provided that one or more compensating means are provided, by means of which asymmetrical climatic conditions caused by interfering currents in the area surrounding a passenger can be compensated for, and that one or more compensating means act asymmetrically on the usable air flow and/or impart an asymmetry to the cross-section of the usable air flow, at least in the region of an outlet of the neck fan, said asymmetry relating to at least one geometric or thermodynamic parameter.

An air-blowing system having discharge device includes an air supply passage, and a discharge device provided for generating active ingredients and is disposed outside the air supply passage. Further, the air-blowing system having discharge device includes an introducing pipe having an one end connected to a discharge device and an other end disposed in the air supply passage, and provided for introducing the active ingredients into the air supply passage. The introducing pipe has an opening face on the other end. In the introducing pipe, the opening face and a main stream direction of an air flow, which flows through the air supply passage at a predetermined point of the opening face, are disposed substantially parallel to each other. Thus, an air-blowing system having discharge device with a simplified configuration is provided.

Disclosed is a vehicle air conditioning control method which operates a vehicle air conditioning control apparatus by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things. The vehicle air conditioning control method includes acquiring a thermal image in a vehicle using an image sensor, acquiring thermal comfort information of each passenger in the vehicle using the thermal image, and controlling air conditioning of the vehicle based on the thermal comfort information of each passenger.

An operation system for a vehicle includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to acquire a first signal indicating whether a seat in the vehicle is facing forward or rearward, and generate a display screen by arranging at least two operation elements in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The display screen is displayed on an operation panel installed in the vehicle. The processor reverses the arrangement of the at least two operation elements in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in accordance with the first signal.

Heating and/or cooling a vehicle interior, and in particular a steering wheel, may include receiving a heating/cooling request, automatically directing heated/cooled air from an HVAC duct through louvers adjacent to a steering wheel into a passenger compartment, and automatically rotating the steering wheel back-and-forth to change the location where the heated/cooled air is blown onto the steering wheel. This may include automatically telescoping and automatically tilting the steering wheel as well. Moreover, an infrared camera may be employed to determine where best to rotate the steering wheel for heating/cooling.

A vehicle includes: a plurality of electronic devices each configured to adjust an angle of a part thereof, disposed at different positions and configured to perform the same function a touch screen having a plurality of touch areas for receiving operation commands of the plurality of electronic devices, respectively, configured to display a plurality of display areas respectively corresponding to the plurality of touch areas; and a controller configured to recognize the touch areas and touch gestures based on a touch signal received by the touch screen, to identify the electronic device corresponding to the recognized touch area, to identify operation information corresponding to the recognized touch gesture, and to control the identified electronic device based on the identified operation information. The plurality of electronic devices includes at least one of a plurality of vents, a plurality of lighting devices, and a plurality of sound output devices.

An air distribution plenum for controlling air flow in a vehicle HVAC system includes an air inlet and first and second air outlets. A movable member substantially blocks the first and second air outlets when in a first position, blocks only the first air outlet in a second position, blocks only the second air outlet in a third position, and permits air to flow through both the first and second air outlets when in a fourth position.

An air conditioning control system includes: an air conditioner configured to send a conditioned air that is lower in temperature than air inside a cabin; a detector configured to detect a state of a seat back of a seat; and a controller that lowers temperature of the conditioned air blown out from an air outlet when the detector detects that the state of the seat back being switched from an upright state to a reclined state. The controller increases a volume of the conditioned air blown out from the air outlet when the temperature of the conditioned air blown out from the air outlet is lowered.

The present invention relates to an air conditioning system for a vehicle in which an air-conditioning module having an air-conditioning case and a blower unit is disposed at a side of an engine room relative to a dash panel, and a distribution duct having a defrost vent, a face vent, and a floor vent is disposed in the interior of a vehicle relative to the dash panel so as to distribute cold air and hot air discharged from the air-conditioning case into the interior of the vehicle, wherein the floor vent is placed on one side of an area, in which a relatively large amount of hot air flows, in a mixing chamber of the distribution duct where cold air and hot air are mixed, i.e. a side adjacent to the dash panel.