Household fan varying intensity of airflow to feel like a natural breeze
OwnerRussell Scott Magazinerinventor
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Abstract
A household fan for providing the feel of a natural breeze includes a motorized impeller for providing airflow, a controller, an interface, and a breeze setting. The controller is coupled to the motorized impeller for changing one or more characteristics of the airflow. The interface is in communication with the controller for receiving human instructions for the controller. The breeze setting may be selected by way of the interface and implemented via the controller to operate the motorized impeller. The breeze setting varies at least one of the characteristics of the airflow, where one of the characteristics varied via the breeze setting is intensity of the airflow that is output by the motorized impeller.
Claims20
A household fan for providing the feel of a natural breeze, comprising:
- a motorized impeller for providing airflow;
- a controller coupled to the motorized impeller for changing one or more characteristics of the airflow;
- an interface in communication with the controller for receiving human instructions for the controller;
- and
- a breeze setting to be selected by way of the interface and implemented via the controller to operate the motorized impeller,
- wherein the breeze setting randomly or pseudo-randomly varies intensity of the airflow that is output by the motorized impeller and smoothly transitions the intensity of the airflow between local extrema of the intensity of the airflow.
A household fan for providing the feel of a natural breeze, comprising:
- a motorized impeller for providing airflow;
- a controller coupled to the motorized impeller for changing one or more characteristics of the airflow;
- an interface in communication with the controller for receiving human instructions for the controller;
- and
- a breeze setting to be selected by way of the interface and implemented via the controller to operate the motorized impeller,
- wherein the breeze setting randomly or pseudo-randomly varies intensity of the airflow that is output by the motorized impeller,
- wherein the interface includes a feature to weight the output during the breeze setting, thereby changing average intensity of the airflow for the breeze setting and providing the feel of a windier or less-windy natural breeze.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.