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US 12,133,926 B2Granted
Sanitizing system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJamie J. Childress, Colin Diehl, Mateus Daczko, Nels Olson
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Abstract
A sanitizing system includes a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle. The UV lamps are configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle and to emit UV light into the internal cabin on a continuous basis during a trip of the vehicle. The UV lamps are positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin.
Claims21
A sanitizing system comprising:
- ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle, wherein the UV lamps are configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle and to emit UV light into the internal cabin during a trip of the vehicle, wherein the UV lamps are positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin;
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- a control unit including one or more processors and operatively connected to the UV lamps, the control unit configured to:
- operate one or more of the UV lamps at a first power level responsive to determining that passengers are boarding or deboarding the internal cabin, and
- operate the one or more UV lamps at a second power level that is less than the first power level responsive to determining that the vehicle is traveling.
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A method comprising:
- supplying electrical power from a power source onboard a vehicle to ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of the vehicle, wherein supplying the electrical power to the UV lamps includes supplying the electrical power at a first power level during boarding and deboarding of the passengers in the internal cabin, and supplying the electrical power at a second power level that is less than the first power level during travel of the vehicle;
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- controlling the UV lamps to emit UV light into the internal cabin during a trip of the vehicle, the UV lamps positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin before passengers in the internal cabin breathe the air.
A sanitizing system comprising:
- ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle, the UV lamps configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle;
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- a control unit including one or more processors and operatively connected to the UV lamps, the control unit configured to:
- control the UV lamps to emit UV light into the internal cabin during a trip of the vehicle,
- operate the one or more of the UV lamps at a first power level responsive to determining that the vehicle is traveling during day time,
- operate the one or more UV lamps at a second power level that is less than the first power level responsive to determining that the vehicle is traveling during night time, and
- modify the electrical power supplied to one or more of the UV lamps during the trip based on activity of the passengers such that the one or more UV lamps receive more electrical power when the passengers are more active than when the passengers are less active.
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A sanitizing system comprising:
- ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle, wherein the UV lamps are configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle and to emit UV light into the internal cabin during a trip of the vehicle, wherein the UV lamps are positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin;
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- a control unit including one or more processors and operatively connected to the UV lamps, the control unit configured to:
- operate one or more of the UV lamps at a first power level responsive to determining that the vehicle is traveling during day time,
- operate the one or more UV lamps at a second power level that is less than the first power level responsive to determining that the vehicle is traveling during night time.
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A sanitizing system comprising:
- ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle, wherein the UV lamps are configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle and to emit UV light into the internal cabin during a trip of the vehicle, wherein the UV lamps are positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin;
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- a control unit and sensors associated with different seats in the internal cabin, the control unit including one or more processors and operatively connected to the UV lamps and to the sensors, wherein the control unit is configured to control one UV lamp of the UV lamps to cease emitting UV light responsive to determining, based on a signal received from one sensor of the sensors, that the seat associated with the one sensor is unoccupied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.