JPH10324142A - Air blow-out port control device for on-vehicle air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the heating-and cooling effect from lowering even when an on-vehicle apparatus is under service condition. SOLUTION: In a car on which an on-vehicle apparatus 3, the apparatus body of which is set ahead of an air blowoff port 21 of an air conditioner opened to a dash board or a console body and used, is mounted, blowing-out of air blown out from the air blowoff port 21 is interrupted or reduced by a detecting means 5 for detecting that the apparatus body 3b is set to an operating position, and a detecting signal 6 inputted from the detecting means 5, and a control means 4 for controlling air blowoff ports 22 to 24 is provided in order for the quantity of air blown out from the air blowoff ports 22 to 24 to be increased by the quantity of air interrupted or reduced air.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted air conditioner (hereinafter simply referred to as a vehicle air conditioner) in which the body of the vehicle-mounted device is set in front of the outlet.
The present invention relates to an air outlet control device for an in-vehicle air conditioner that automatically controls the amount and direction of air blown from an air outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle-mounted air conditioner conventionally mounted on an automobile has an air outlet opening in a dashboard, a console box, or the like, and air cooled or heated by the air conditioner is introduced into the room through the air outlet. It is configured to cool and heat the room by blowing out, but the dashboard and console box have
Vehicle-mounted devices such as vehicle-mounted audio devices and vehicle-mounted televisions are also equipped.

[0003] Among these in-vehicle devices, in-vehicle televisions and the like are constructed in a 1DIN storage type so as to be easily mounted in a dashboard or console box as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-266845. When not in use, it is stored in a dashboard (or console box) a as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, and when in use, a device body b such as a monitor is stored in the dashboard a. As shown in FIG. 5 (c), the user pulls out the camera and sets it at an easy-to-view angle.

[0004]

However, when an in-vehicle television or the like is installed near the air outlet c of the air conditioner opened in the dashboard a, when the device main body b is set to the use position, the air becomes ineffective. Since the device body b cuts off the cold air or hot air blown out from the outlet c,
Problems such as impairment of the cooling / heating effect occur, and problems such as the performance and life of the device body b being reduced early due to the direct hit of the cool air or the hot air on the device body b.

For this reason, conventionally, when the apparatus main body b is set at the use position, adjustments such as reducing the amount of air blown from the air outlet and adjusting the wind direction are performed. Is complicated, and there is a risk of causing an accident if the driver performs these operations during driving.

Further, when the amount of air blown from the air outlet c is reduced or the direction of the air is changed, there is a problem that the cooling / heating effect is reduced.

The present invention has been made in order to improve such a conventional problem, and when a device body is set to a use position, a vehicle air conditioner which automatically adjusts the amount and direction of air blown from an air outlet. It is an object of the present invention to provide an air outlet control device.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a vehicle-mounted device which is used by setting the device body in front of an air outlet of an air conditioner opened in a dashboard or console box. Detecting means for detecting that the device main body is set at a use position, and detecting or outputting a signal from the detecting means to cut off or reduce air blowing from the air blowing port. Control means for controlling each air outlet so that the amount of air blown out from the other air outlet increases by that amount.Even if the device body is set to the use position, the air is blown out from the air outlet. This eliminates the need for troublesome adjustment of the volume and direction of the air that is blown, and the air blowing that opens near the device itself. Amount that the amount of air blown from the mouth is reduced, because the amount of air blown out from the other air outlet is increased, nor air conditioning effect is impaired.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention will be described.
The invention described is, in a vehicle equipped with an in-vehicle device to be used by setting the device body in front of an air outlet of an air conditioner opened in a dashboard or a console box, the device body is set in a use position. Detection means for detecting the air flow, and the detection signal input from the detection means, to cut off or reduce the blowing of the air blown out from the air blowout port, and the air volume of the air blown out from other air blowout ports accordingly. And control means for controlling each air outlet so as to increase the air pressure.

[0010] With the above configuration, even when the device body is in use,
Since the total air volume does not decrease, the cooling / heating effect is not impaired, and no cumbersome operation such as adjusting the air volume and the air direction of the air blown from the air outlet is required.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 2 reduces the amount of air blown from an air outlet opened near the device main body, and at the same time reduces the amount of air blown to the device main body. The blowing direction is controlled so as not to occur.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to prevent cold air or hot air blown from the air outlet from directly hitting the main body of the apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 3 is to increase the amount of air blown from another air outlet and to control the direction of the air at the same time.

According to the above configuration, the entire room can be cooled and heated almost uniformly. Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings shown in FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vehicle-mounted device such as a vehicle-mounted television mounted on a dashboard, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an air outlet control device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of the vehicle-mounted device.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a dashboard installed in front of the driver's seat of an automobile. A plurality of air outlets 2 for blowing air cooled or heated by an air conditioner (not shown) into the driver's cab are provided at the center and both sides. It is open.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an in-vehicle device such as an in-vehicle television mounted on a central portion of the dashboard 1, which is formed in a 1-DIN storage type so as to be accommodated in the dashboard 1. After the device main body 3b is pulled out from the air outlet 2 from the inside of the case 3a fixed therein, the device main body 3b can be used by setting it at an easily viewable angle as shown in the figure.

On the other hand, FIG. 3 shows an air outlet control device, which has a control means 4 which receives a detection signal 6 from a detection means 5 provided in the on-vehicle equipment 3. Is to be entered.

The detecting means 5 detects the use of the device main body 3b and outputs a detection signal to the control means 4. The control means 4 receives the detection signal 6 from the detecting means 5. The control signal 10 is output to the air volume adjusting means 8 and the wind direction adjusting means 9 connected to the output side to control these.

The air volume adjusting means 8 and the air direction adjusting means 9
Are provided in a plurality of air outlets 21, 22, 23, 24 provided on the dashboard 1 and behind the driver's seat, for example, and are controlled by the control means 4 as follows. .

Next, the operation will be described. When the vehicle-mounted device 3 such as a vehicle-mounted television is not used, the device body 3
b is stored in the case 3a in the dashboard 1, and the detection signal 6 is not input from the detection means 5 to the control means 4, so that the air outlets 21 to 24 move in the direction manually adjusted in advance. A predetermined amount of air is blown out, and the room is cooled and heated.

Next, in order to use the in-vehicle equipment 3, the equipment main body 3b is pulled out from the dashboard 1 and set to the use position as shown in FIG. 4, and the detection means 5 detects this and controls the detection signal 6. Output to means 4.

As a result, the control means 4 controls the air volume adjusting means 8 of the air outlet 21 opened at the rear of the apparatus main body 3b.
The control signal 10 is output to block the air blown out from the air blowout port 21 or reduce the air volume.

When the air volume is reduced, a control signal 10 is also output to the air direction adjusting means 9 to adjust the air direction so that the blown air does not directly hit the device main body 3b.

At the same time, the other air outlets 22 to 2
The control signal 10 is supplied to the air volume adjusting means 8 and the wind direction adjusting means 9 of FIG.
And controls each air volume adjusting means 8 so that the air volume blown out from the other air outlets 22 to 24 is increased by an amount corresponding to the decrease in the air volume blown out from the air outlet 21 and the wind direction adjusting means. 9 also adjusts the wind direction.

As a result, even if the amount of air blown from the air outlet 21 behind the device main body 3b decreases, the amount of air blown from the other air outlets 22 to 24 increases. The device body 3b can be used without impairing the cooling / heating effect.

In the above embodiment, the case where the vehicle-mounted device 3 is a vehicle-mounted television has been described, but it is a matter of course that the vehicle-mounted audio and other vehicle-mounted devices may be used.

[0028]

As has been described in detail above, the present invention, when the device body of the vehicle-mounted device is pulled out from the air outlet opening in the dashboard and is set in the use position, the air outlet at the rear of the device body. The air volume of the air blown out is cut off or reduced, and the air volume of the air blown out from other air outlets is automatically increased accordingly, so that the indoor cooling and heating effect may be impaired even when using the device body Absent.

Further, since the air volume and direction of the air blown out from the air outlet are automatically adjusted, it is not necessary to manually adjust them every time the apparatus main body is set to the use position. Work becomes unnecessary, and these adjustments can be made during operation to prevent problems such as accidents from occurring.

Further, since the cool air or hot air does not directly hit the main body of the apparatus, it is possible to solve the problem that the performance and the life of the main body of the apparatus are early lowered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a dashboard provided with an air outlet and an in-vehicle device of an in-vehicle air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a dashboard provided with an air outlet and a vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle-mounted air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an air outlet control device of the vehicle air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of the vehicle-mounted device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

5A is a front view of a dashboard provided with a conventional vehicle-mounted device, FIG. 5B is a sectional view of the dashboard, and FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Dashboard 2 Air outlet 3 In-vehicle equipment 3a Case 3b Equipment main body 4 Control means 5 Detecting means 6 Detection signal 8 Air volume adjusting means 9 Wind direction adjusting means 10 Control signal 21, 22, 23, 24 Air outlet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automobile equipped with an in-vehicle device to be used by setting the device body in front of an air outlet of an air conditioner opened in a dashboard or a console box, wherein the device body is set to a use position. Detection means for detecting the air flow, and the detection signal input from the detection means, to cut off or reduce the blowing of the air blown out from the air blowout port, and the air volume of the air blown out from other air blowout ports accordingly. Control means for controlling each air outlet so as to increase the number of air outlets. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an amount of air blown from an air outlet opened near the device main body is reduced, and a blowing direction is controlled so that the blown air does not hit the device main body. An air outlet control device for an in-vehicle air conditioner as described in the above. 3. The air outlet control device for a vehicle-mounted air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the amount of air blown from another air outlet is increased, and at the same time, the direction of the air is controlled.