US 12,422,146 B2
Adjustable venting system
Ivan France, Saratoga, CA (US); Jun Yeon Cho, San Jose, CA (US); Yufeng Wu, Mountain View, CA (US); William Augustus Workman, San Francisco, CA (US); Eun Seo Cho, Mountain View, CA (US); and Stefan van der Hoff, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,633.
Prior Publication US 2024/0159400 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. F24C 15/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01)
CPC F24C 15/2042 (2013.01) [F24C 15/2021 (2013.01); F24C 15/2078 (2013.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06V 10/255 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a computing device, a location of a source of air contamination associated with a heating element;
determining, by a computing device and based at least on the location of the source of air contamination, at least one of an optimal venting location or an optimal venting size of at least one vent of a venting system comprising a plurality of vents, wherein (1) each vent is arranged in a two-dimensional plane parallel to a surface comprising the heating element and (2) at least one of a size or location of each vent is independently adjustable in both dimensions of the two-dimensional plane; and
at least one of:
automatically adjusting a respective current location of the at least one of the plurality of vents of the venting system to a respective subsequent location based on the determined optimal venting location; or
automatically adjusting a respective current size of the at least one of the plurality of vents of the venting system to a respective subsequent size based on the determined optimal venting size.