Patent ID: 11865896
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle air vent system, comprising:
a dashboard defining an air vent opening;
an air register assembly disposed within the air vent opening of the dashboard, wherein the air register assembly comprises:
a frame having a platform on a bottom side of the frame;
a shaft coupled to the platform and extending outward from the platform, the shaft configured to permit rotation of the frame about a vertical axis defined by the shaft between a first position and a second position; and
a vane rotatably coupled to the frame; and

an imager coupled to the dashboard, wherein the imager captures data within a field of view;
a controller communicatively coupled to the imager and the air register assembly, wherein the controller receives the data from the imager, and wherein the controller determines a position of an object within the field of view in response to the data; and
an actuation assembly operably coupled to the frame and the vane, wherein the actuation assembly adjusts the vane between a first angle and a second angle and adjusts the frame between the first position and the second position in response to a signal from the controller, and wherein the controller is configured to determine an area that corresponds with the object, and wherein the controller activates the actuation assembly to adjust at least one of the vane and the frame in response to a user-selected position in the area to direct airflow to the user-selected position in the area.