Systems and methods for cleaning dirty articles in vehicles
OwnerMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Aed M. Dudar +2inventors
InventorsMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Aed M. Dudar, Oliver Lei, Somak Datta Gupta
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Abstract
A vehicle including a mat, an air flow unit and a processor is disclosed. The mat may include a top wall, a bottom wall and plurality of through-holes disposed in the top wall. The air flow unit may be configured to blow pressurized air in a mat interior portion. The processor may detect a trigger event, and cause the air flow unit to blow the pressurized air in the mat interior portion responsive to detecting the trigger event. The ambient air in proximity to the top wall may be pulled towards the mat interior portion via the plurality of through-holes when the air flow unit blows the pressurized air in the mat interior portion.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a mat comprising a top wall, a bottom wall and plurality of through-holes disposed in the top wall;
- an air flow unit configured to blow pressurized air in a mat interior portion, wherein the pressurized air is blown parallel to a mat plane;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled with the air flow unit, wherein the processor is configured to:
- detect a trigger event;
- and
- cause the air flow unit to blow the pressurized air in the mat interior portion responsive to detecting the trigger event,
- wherein ambient air in proximity to the top wall is pulled towards the mat interior portion via the plurality of through-holes when the air flow unit blows the pressurized air in the mat interior portion.
An object cleaning method comprising:
- detecting, by a processor, a trigger event;
- and
- causing, by the processor, an air flow unit of a vehicle to blow pressurized air in a mat interior portion of a mat responsive to detecting the trigger event, wherein:
- the mat comprises a top wall, a bottom wall and plurality of through-holes disposed in the top wall;
- the air flow unit is configured to blow pressurized air in the mat interior portion parallel to a mat plane;
- and
- ambient air in proximity to the top wall is pulled towards the mat interior portion via the plurality of through-holes when the air flow unit blows the pressurized air in the mat interior portion.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- detect a trigger event;
- and
- cause an air flow unit of a vehicle to blow pressurized air in a mat interior portion of a mat responsive to detecting the trigger event, wherein:
- the mat comprises a top wall, a bottom wall and plurality of through-holes disposed in the top wall;
- the air flow unit is configured to blow pressurized air in the mat interior portion parallel to a mat plane;
- and
- ambient air in proximity to the top wall is pulled towards the mat interior portion via the plurality of through-holes, when the air flow unit blows the pressurized air in the mat interior portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.