Delivering an Airflow to a User
AssigneeX Development LLC
InventorsFaust Whale, Radu Gogoana, Philip Edwin Watson
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Abstract
A method of delivering air to a user includes receiving, by a controller and from a sensor, motion information of the user. The motion information represents motion of a portion of a head of the user below eyes of the user. The sensor and the controller are coupled to a portable article of the user. The method also includes determining, by the controller, based on the motion information, a position of the head of the user. The method further includes controlling, by the controller based on the determined position, a fluid outlet of a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to and configured to receive air from a fan.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller and from a sensor, motion information of a user, the motion information representing motion of a portion of a head of the user below eyes of the user, the sensor and the controller coupled to a portable article of the user;
- determining, by the controller and based on the motion information, a position of the head of the user;
- and
- controlling, by the controller based on the determined position, a fluid outlet of a fluid conduit that is fluidly coupled to, and configured to receive air from, a fan that is coupled to the portable article of the user.
An air delivery system comprising:
- a fan configured to be coupled to a portable article of a user;
- a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fan, the fluid conduit comprising a fluid outlet configured to deliver air to a face of the user;
- and
- a tracking system configured to be coupled to the portable article, the tracking system comprising at least one motion sensor and a controller configured to control the outlet of the fluid conduit based on information received from the at least one motion sensor, the at least one motion sensor configured to track a position of a portion of a head of the user below eyes of the user.
An air delivery apparatus comprising:
- an air source;
- a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the air source, the fluid conduit comprising a fluid outlet residing away from an ambient breathing proximity of a user and configured to deliver air to a face of the user;
- at least one sensor configured to sense motion information of the user, the motion information representing a motion of a lower portion of a face of the user;
- and
- a controller communicably coupled to the sensor and configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving the motion information from the at least one sensor, and
- controlling, based on the motion information, an orientation of the fluid outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.