Computer controlled air vent
AssigneeFusion Design, Inc.
InventorsMark Duncan Brinkerhoff, Thomas Keith Geraty
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Abstract
A computer-controlled air vent and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the computer-controlled air vent includes: a top plate; a base connected to the top plate; a component housing connected to the top plate and to the base; a plurality of louvers rotatably positioned within the base; a force generating means connected to the louvers to rotate them between an open position and a closed position; a temperature sensor to sense an indoor temperature; a computer processor; a memory; a wireless transceiver; a bus to connect the processor and the memory; and a remote control device to control the opening and closing of the louvers.
Claims11
A computer-controlled air vent, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of louvers disposed within the base, the louvers to block a flow of air through the base when the louvers are in a closed position and to permit a flow of air through the base when the louvers are in an open position;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) attached to the base;
- force generating means electrically connected to a first computer processor and to a power source, and mechanically connected to the plurality of louvers, the force generating means to open and close the plurality of louvers in response to signals received from the first computer processor;
- a first wireless transceiver attached to the base and connected to the first computer processor;
- the power source attached to the base and connected to the force generating means to provide power to the force generating means;
- and
- a second computer processor positioned in a remote control device and connected to a second wireless transceiver in the remote control device to transmit command signals to the first wireless transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.