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US 10,540,881 B2Granted
Systems and methods for pattern recognition and individual detection
AssigneeClean Hands Safe Hands LLC
InventorsChristopher D. Hermann, Jeremy D. Jass, Lance C. Rigdon, Berkley A. Baker
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Abstract
The present systems and methods relate to a hand sanitizer system that includes a proximity detector, a dispensing system and an alarm feature, and is operative to identify potentially high risk hygiene situations corresponding to a person in proximity of the system failing to dispense antiseptic or other solution from the dispenser within a predetermined period of time after moving within a predetermined range of the detector.
Claims18
A hand sanitization system comprising:
- at least one sanitization unit comprising:
- a proximity detector operatively connected to a housing, the proximity detector operative to determine proximity of the person with respect to the at least one sanitization unit;
- a proximity sensor action counter operatively connected to the proximity detector, the proximity sensor action counter for counting each proximity indication from the proximity detector indicating when the person is within a particular predetermined range;
- a sanitizer action counter operatively connected to a dispenser attached to the at least one sanitization unit, the sanitizer action counter for counting each time the particular dispenser is activated;
- an alarm operatively connected to the housing and being operative to provide an indication to the person, the indication corresponding to the person failing to dispense antiseptic solution from the dispenser within a particular predetermined period of time after moving within the predetermined range of the sanitization unit;
- an alarm counter operatively connected to the alarm, the alarm counter for counting each time the alarm is activated;
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- a sanitization unit processor operatively connected to memory and a sanitization radio frequency module for communicating with at least one tag and a central computing system;
- the at least one tag comprising:
- a tag radio frequency module operative to communicate with the at least one sanitization unit and the central computing system;
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- one or more sensors for tracking a location of the at least one tag;
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- the central computing system in communication with the at least one sanitization unit and the at least one tag and comprising at least one centralized processor for receiving an alert notification in response to receiving:
- a) an indication from the at least one sanitization unit that the person failed to dispense antiseptic solution from the dispenser within the particular predetermined period of time after moving within the predetermined range of the at least one sanitization unit;
- and b) an indication from the least one tag that the at least one tag has moved beyond a predetermined distance from the predetermined range.
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A hand sanitization tracking method comprising:
- providing an alert notification in response to receiving at a central computing system:
- an indication that a person failed to dispense antiseptic solution from a dispenser within a particular predetermined period of time after moving within a predetermined range of at least one sanitization unit from a sanitization unit processor operatively connected to memory and a sanitization radio frequency module for communicating with at least one tag and the central computing system, wherein the at least one sanitization unit comprises:
- a proximity detector operatively connected to a housing, the proximity detector operative to determine proximity of the person with respect to the at least one sanitization unit;
- a proximity sensor action counter operatively connected to the proximity detector, the proximity sensor action counter for counting each proximity indication from the proximity detector indicating when the person is within a particular predetermined range;
- a sanitizer action counter operatively connected to a dispenser attached to the at least one sanitization unit, the sanitizer action counter for counting each time the particular dispenser is activated;
- an alarm operatively connected to the housing and being operative to provide an indication to the person, the indication corresponding to the person failing to dispense antiseptic solution from the dispenser within a particular predetermined period of time after moving within the predetermined range of the sanitization unit;
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- an alarm counter operatively connected to the alarm, the alarm counter for counting each time the alarm is activated;
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- an indication that at least one tag has moved beyond a predetermined distance from the predetermined range from a tag radio frequency module operative to communicate with the at least one sanitization unit and the central computing system, wherein the at least one tag comprises one or more sensors for tracking a location of the at least one tag.
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