Toroidal vortices for temperature-related and non-temperature-related functions
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsForrest Tran, Ian Parker, Vishnu Venugopal
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving air into a device that includes an actuator for generating one or more toroidal vortices and determining whether to generate a toroidal vortex for conditioning air in an environment of the device or whether to generate a toroidal vortex for a non-temperature-related functionality. The method further includes generating, based on the determination and by the actuator, one or more toroidal vortices and transmitting, by the device, the one or more toroidal vortices into the environment.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving air into a device comprising an actuator for generating one or more toroidal vortices;
- sensing, by a sensor associated with the device, one or more objects in the environment of the device;
- determining whether to generate a toroidal vortex for dusting at least one of the objects in the environment of the device;
- generating, based on the determination and by the actuator, one or more toroidal vortices;
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- transmitting, by the device, the one or more toroidal vortices to the at least one of the objects in the environment of the device.
An apparatus comprising:
- an intake for receiving air into the apparatus;
- an outlet for transmitting one or more toroidal vortices from the apparatus;
- a sensor configured to detect one or more objects in the environment of the apparatus;
- one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions;
- and one or more processors coupled to the non-transitory computer readable storage media, the one or more processors operable to execute the instructions to determine whether to generate a toroidal vortex for dusting at least one of the objects in the environment of the device;
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- an actuator configured to generate the or more toroidal vortices through the outlet of the apparatus to the at least one of the objects in the environment of the device.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions and coupled to one or more processors that are operable to execute the instructions to:
- sense, by a sensor associated with the device, one or more objects in the environment of a device for generating toroidal vortices;
- determine whether to generate a toroidal vortex for dusting at least one of the objects in the environment of the device;
- transmitting, based on the determination, an instruction to an actuator of the device to generate one or more toroidal vortices and transmit the one or more toroidal vortices to the at least one of the objects in the environment of the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.