The present teachings relate to a neck fan for a vehicle seat for generating a usable air flow that emerges from the neck fan toward a passenger, said neck fan being provided with at least one air conveying device for generating a usable air flow in the region of a headrest or the upper end of a seat back. It is provided that one or more compensating means are provided, by means of which asymmetrical climatic conditions caused by interfering currents in the area surrounding a passenger can be compensated for, and that one or more compensating means act asymmetrically on the usable air flow and/or impart an asymmetry to the cross-section of the usable air flow, at least in the region of an outlet of the neck fan, said asymmetry relating to at least one geometric or thermodynamic parameter.

A vehicle air handling system includes a user input interface, air duct housing, first and second panel duct doors, at least one air blower, and a first panel actuation assembly. The air duct housing has an air inlet, and first and second panel ducts. The first and second panel duct doors are disposed to selectively open and close the first and second panel ducts, respectively. Air is drawn into the air duct housing via the air inlet and conveyed toward the panel ducts. The first panel actuation assembly is operatively coupled to the first and second panel duct doors to simultaneously control positions in response to operation of the user input interface between a plurality of settings. The positions of the first and second panel duct doors include at least one setting in which different airflow volumes are passed by the first and second panel duct doors.

A vehicle vent assembly includes a first flow channel selectively operating a primary airflow. A second flow channel selectively operates a first secondary airflow that exerts a first pressure on the primary airflow. A third flow channel selectively operates a second secondary airflow that exerts a second pressure on the primary airflow. The first and second secondary airflows control a direction of the primary airflow. The first pressure includes a positive or negative pressure, and the second pressure includes a respective negative or positive pressure.

A vehicle air condition display device used together with a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes a display unit and a display controller. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is capable of adjusting a direction of an air blown out from an outlet port in response to an operation made on an operation portion located away from the outlet port, and has a mechanism for adjusting a direction of the air blown out from the outlet port. The mechanism is located on upstream of the outlet port in a flow path of the air. The vehicle air condition display device includes a display unit disposed at a visually recognizable position from a driver's seat in a vehicle compartment and a display controller displaying a direction of the air blown out from the outlet port on the display unit.

Disclosed are an air outlet structure, an air outlet method for an air conditioner, and the air conditioner. The air outlet structure may include: a main air outlet channel, a main air outlet, an auxiliary air outlet and an adjusting device; the main air outlet and the auxiliary air outlet are communicated with the main air outlet channel; the adjusting device is provided between the main air outlet channel and the auxiliary air outlet as to make the main air outlet channel send out air through the main air outlet and/or the auxiliary air outlet. With the above structure, the air conditioner may have a broad air supplying scope and a uniform air speed and supply the air to an entire plane, and comfort of the air conditioner may be improved. Thus, the problem that an existing air conditioner has non-uniform air outlet effect may be effectively solved.

Methods and apparatus relating to optimization of vehicular systems for occupant presence and condition are described. In one embodiment, logic circuitry detects presence and/or condition of one or more occupants of a vehicle based on sensor data. Memory (e.g., non-volatile memory) stores information corresponding to one or more functions of the vehicle. The logic circuitry transmits a request to the vehicle to cause an adjustment to the one or more functions of the vehicle. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

A two-dimensional image of a vehicle occupant in a vehicle is collected. The collected two-dimensional image is input to a machine learning program trained to output one or more reference points of the vehicle occupant, each reference point being a landmark of the vehicle occupant. One or more reference points of the vehicle occupant in the two-dimensional image is output from the machine learning program. A location of the vehicle occupant in an interior of the vehicle is determined based on the one or more reference points. A vehicle component is actuated based on the determined location. For each of the one or more reference points, a similarity measure is determined between the reference point and a three-dimensional reference point, the similarity measure based on a distance between the reference point and the three-dimensional reference point.

A thermal system for a vehicle, including a first vent (202) and a second vent (206) connected to at least one air source corresponding to an HVAC unit, wherein each vent (202, 206) receives air from the at least one air source to produce a plane of air, the first and second vents (202, 206) are configured to respectively redirect a first plane of air and a second plane of air to intersect on or along a portion of a blending surface (204) to form a combined air jet which can be directed into a cabin of the vehicle and the 208 blending surface can be a flat, convex, or concave display or instrument panel.

A vehicle air vent system includes a duct defining an outlet that directs air into an interior compartment. An air register assembly is operably coupled to the duct proximate to the outlet. The air register assembly includes a frame. A vane is rotatably coupled to the frame. A variable resistor is operably coupled to the frame. A user interface has a display. A controller is communicatively coupled to the user interface and the variable resistor. The controller receives a signal from the variable resistor and determines a position of the air register assembly in response to the signal.

A leakage protection system for a heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) system can comprise: a power source; a louvered assembly including a frame, slats spaced apart vertically within the frame and extending from a first side to a second side of the frame, an actuator rod operably coupled to the slats, and a spring; a solenoid operably coupled to the actuator rod; and a first pressure switch disposed electrically between the power source and the solenoid.