System and method for a replacement touchless button
AssigneeSmithsonian Institution
InventorsTimothy Pula, Geoffrey Moore
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InventorsTimothy Pula, Geoffrey Moore
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Systems and methods for providing a replacement touchless button for initiating an action upon proximate detection of a solid object near the top of the touchless button. The action is triggered by determining that the solid object is within a predetermined distance from the top of the button. The action is accomplished by the closing of an electrical circuit within the touchless button, the button being configured to replace a push button without modification of a panel housing the push button. The button contains and supports, within its structure, all electrical and physical components needed to operate a device that can be triggered via a push button. The button serves as a direct replacement for a push button with no modifications to existing systems or controls regularly triggered by a push button.
A method for providing a replacement touchless button for initiating an action, comprising:
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