Smart Register Vent With Adjustable Louvers for Adaptive Airflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the ability to efficiently and automatically control airflow in buildings by adapting to environmental conditions and user preferences, leading to inefficient heating, cooling, and ventilation.
Innovation Solution
The Smart Register Vent (SRV) device, equipped with electronically adjustable louvers, sensors, and a network module, collects environmental data to optimize airflow direction based on space and individual information, communicating with a server or remote computing device to adjust louvers for enhanced control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed airflow registers are used, then device complexity is low, but adaptability to environmental conditions and user preferences is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the louver positions adjustable rather than fixed. The louvers can dynamically change their orientation based on environmental conditions detected by sensors and user preferences received from remote devices, allowing the airflow register to adapt its structure in real-time to optimize performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through sensors that detect environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, occupancy) and transmit this information to remote devices or controllers. This feedback loop enables the system to automatically adjust louver positions based on real-time data about the environment and user needs.
2Productivity
If electronically adjustable louvers with sensors are implemented, then airflow control efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the airflow control function into multiple independent components: sensors for environmental detection, processors for data analysis, electronically adjustable louvers for airflow direction control, and network modules for communication. This modular segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system productivity.
3Ease of operation
If sensors and network modules are added for automated control, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by enabling automated airflow control through sensors and processors that independently monitor environmental conditions and adjust louver positions without requiring manual user intervention. The network module allows the system to receive and process user preferences remotely, further reducing the operational burden on users.
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AI summary
A Smart Register Vent (“SRV”) device having at least one memory configured to store instructions, a processor coupled to the at least one memory, at least one electronically adjustable louver, the processor configured to cause the at least one louver to move based on instructions stored on the at least one memory, a network module configured to couple the SRV device to a local wireless network, and at least one sensor for detecting environmental conditions and features and enabling image recognition technology or voice recognition technology, the SRV may include a magnetically couplable faceplate for attaching register faceplates of various colors and designs, a sensor cover, and a magnetic body or plate for coupling to a wall or ceiling.