Flexible UVC disinfectant device
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorSrinivas D. Gonabal
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Abstract
A device configured for disinfecting a desired touchpoint may include a flexible housing, which may be field configurable into two or more different shapes to accommodate the desired touchpoint. The flexible housing may house a plurality of ultraviolet-C (UVC) light-emitting diodes (LEDs), a power source, and a controller which may be operatively coupled to the plurality of UVC LEDs, the power source, and a motion sensor. In response to receiving a motion signal from the motion sensor indicating motion near the desired touchpoint, the controller waits until the motion sensor no longer detects motion and then activates one or more of the plurality of UVC LEDs for a predetermined period of time to disinfect the desired touchpoint.
Claims20
A device for disinfecting a desired touchpoint, the device comprising:
- a flexible housing, wherein the flexible housing is field configurable into two or more different shapes to accommodate the desired touchpoint;
- a plurality of ultraviolet-C (UVC) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) housed by the flexible housing;
- a power source housed by flexible housing;
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- a controller housed by the flexible housing and operatively coupled to the plurality of UVC LEDs, the power source, and a motion sensor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- a) receive a first motion signal from the motion sensor indicating motion near the desired touchpoint;
- b) in response to receiving the first motion signal, wait until the motion sensor no longer detects motion;
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- c) after determining the motion sensor no longer detects motion, activate one or more of the plurality of UVC LEDs for a predetermined period of time to disinfect the desired touchpoint.
A device for disinfecting a desired touchpoint, the device comprising:
- a flexible housing, wherein the flexible housing is field configurable to accommodate a desired geometry to accommodate the desired touchpoint;
- a plurality of individual cells housed by the flexible housing, wherein each of the plurality of individual cells comprises:
- a cell ultraviolet-C (UVC) light-emitting diode (LED);
- a cell power source;
- a cell receiver;
- a cell controller operatively coupled to the cell UVC LEDs, the cell power source, and the cell receiver, wherein in response to receiving via the cell receiver a first motion signal from a motion sensor indicating motion near the desired touchpoint, the cell controller is configured to wait until the motion sensor no longer detects motion and then activates the cell UVC LED for a predetermined period of time.
A method for disinfecting a desired touchpoint, the method comprising:
- receiving a first motion signal indicating motion near the desired touchpoint;
- in response to receiving the first motion signal, waiting until motion is no longer detected near the desired touchpoint;
- in response to the first motion signal, and in response to motion no longer being detected near the desired touch point, activating one or more UVC LEDs for a predetermined period of time to disinfect the desired touchpoint;
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- in response to receiving a second motion signal indicating motion near the desired touchpoint while one or more UVC LEDs are activated, turning off any activated ones of the one or more UVC LEDs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.