Method for controlling hygiene of a portable packaged food container
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsWenbin Wei, Ying Zhang, Zhili Ding, Huarong Yu
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Abstract
A system may automatically conduct hygiene cycles for a confined space such an interior space of a box suitable for storing and/or carrying packaged food. The system may include a hygiene device that can be attached to the box to conduct the hygiene cycles and a user interface device that can wirelessly communicate with the hygiene device to control the conduction of the hygiene cycles. The system may also automatically collect information related to the hygiene cycles using the hygiene device and transmit the collected information to a network directly or through the user interface device.
Claims20
A system for controlling a hygiene device communicatively coupled to a network, the hygiene device configured to be attached to a food delivery box to conduct hygiene cycles each including spray of a hygiene agent into the box for a spray duration and to record information related to performance of the hygiene cycles, the system comprising:
- a mobile device configured to be communicatively coupled to the hygiene device via a first wireless communication link, to be communicatively coupled to the network via a second wireless communication link, to receive a hygiene cycle schedule from the network, to learn a food ordering and delivery status, to initiate each hygiene cycle of the hygiene cycles according to the received hygiene cycle schedule and the learned food ordering and delivery status, and to receive the recorded information related to performance of the each hygiene cycle from the hygiene device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.