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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively exhaust or purify air contaminated by cigarette smoke in a cabin regarding a vehicular air conditioner for detecting a smoking circumstance in the cabin and exhausting or purifying the smoke. SOLUTION: This vehicular air conditioner for exhausting or purifying air contaminated by smoking is provided with an infrared camera 1 for detecting temperature distribution in the cabin by the arrangement of a plurality of infrared detector elements in a matrix configuration, a thermal image processing circuit 2 for detecting seated positions of a smoker and a non-smoker based on the detected temperature distribution, and a power window actuator and an air cleaner for generating the flow of the air (air current) in the cabin based on the detected seated positions of the smoker and the non-smoker. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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