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US 12,629,435 B2Granted
Sanitizing system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorJamie J. Childress
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Abstract
A sanitizing system includes a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) lamps and a control unit that includes one or more processors. The UV lamps are 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 during a trip of the vehicle. The control unit is operatively connected to the UV lamps and configured to modify the electrical power supplied to one or more of the UV lamps located in a common area of the internal cabin based on occupancy of the common area.
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A sanitizing system comprising:
- ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within common areas of 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;
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- a control unit including one or more processors and operatively connected to the UV lamps, the control unit configured to:
- supply the electrical power to the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin to activate the UV lamps at a full power level based on the occupancy of the common areas,
- stop supply of the electrical power to deactivate the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin based on the occupancy of the common areas,
- modify the electrical power supplied to one or more of the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin based on occupancy of the common areas, wherein the electrical power supplied to the one or more of the UV lamps is modified to operate the one or more of the UV lamps at (a) a first reduced power level that is a non-zero power level that is less than the full power level, and (b) a second reduced power level that is also a non-zero power level that is less than both the first reduced power level and the full power level,
- operate the one or more of the UV lamps at one or both of the first reduced power level or the second reduced power level when one or more of the common areas is occupied, and
- operate the one or more of the UV lamps at the full power after the one or more of the common areas is occupied for a designated period of time.
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A method for a sanitizing system comprising:
- ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within common areas of 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;
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- a control unit including one or more processors and operatively connected to the UV lamps, the control unit configured to:
- supply the electrical power to the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin to activate the UV lamps at a full power level based on the occupancy of the common areas,
- stop supply of the electrical power to deactivate the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin based on the occupancy of the common areas,
- modify the electrical power supplied to one or more of the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin based on occupancy of the common areas, wherein the electrical power supplied to the one or more of the UV lamps is modified to operate the one or more of the UV lamps at (a) a first reduced power level that is a non-zero power level that is less than the full power level, and (b) a second reduced power level that is also a non-zero power level that is less than both the first reduced power level and the full power level,
- operate the one or more of the UV lamps at one or both of the first reduced power level or the second reduced power level when one or more of the common areas is occupied, and
- operate the one or more of the UV lamps at the full power after the one or more of the common areas is occupied for a designated period of time,
- the method comprising:
- supplying the electrical power to the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin to activate the UV lamps based on the occupancy of the common areas;
- stopping supply of the electrical power to deactivate the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin based on the occupancy of the common areas;
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- modifying the electrical power supplied to the one or more of the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin based on the occupancy of the common areas.
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A sanitizing system comprising:
- ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within common areas of 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 at a designated wavelength that is safe for human tissue;
- sensors mounted within the common areas of the internal cabin and configured to monitor the common areas of the internal cabin;
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- a control unit including one or more processors and operatively connected to the UV lamps and the sensors, the control unit configured to determine occupancy of the common areas based on signals received from the sensors and to:
- supply the electrical power to the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin to activate the UV lamps at a full power level based on the determined occupancy of the common areas,
- stop supplying the electrical power supplied to deactivate the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin based on the determined occupancy of the common areas,
- modify the electrical power supplied to one or more of the UV lamps located in the common areas of the internal cabin based on the determined occupancy of the common areas, wherein the electrical power supplied to the one or more of the UV lamps is modified to operate the one or more of the UV lamps at (a) a first reduced power level that is a non-zero power level that is less than the full power level, and (b) a second reduced power level that is also a non-zero power level that is less than both the first reduced power level and the full power level,
- operate the one or more of the UV lamps at one or both of the first reduced power level or the second reduced power level when one or more of the common areas is occupied, and
- operate the one or more of the UV lamps at the full power after the one or more of the common areas is occupied for a designated period of time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.