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US 12,702,724 B2Granted
System and method for disinfecting a volume in space
AssigneeJoseph John Barfett Medicine Professional Corporation
InventorJoseph John Barfett
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Abstract
A method and system for disinfecting a volume in space involves: localizing a volume in space requiring disinfection; calculating directions to the volume in space from a plurality of available beam-producing light sources for disinfection and projecting at least one light beam from the available beam-producing light sources to the volume in space; and, coordinating the projected light beams to minimize time required to deliver a threshold disinfecting light dose to the volume in space requiring disinfection.
Claims22
A disinfection system comprising:
- a plurality of beam-producing light sources for disinfection;
- at least one imaging device for collecting image data in a field of view of the at least one imaging device;
- a relationship finder to determine relative physical positions of the beam-producing light sources and the at least one imaging device;
- and,
- a programmed controller for controlling the beam-producing light sources based on the image data collected from the at least one imaging device and from known positions and dispersion geometries of the beam-producing light sources, wherein the controller is programmed to:
- localize at least one volume in space requiring disinfection;
- calculate direction to the at least one volume in space for each available beam-producing light source;
- and,
- coordinate at least one light beam projected from the available beam-producing light sources to the at least one volume requiring disinfection to reduce or maintain time required to deliver a threshold disinfecting light dose to the at least one volume in space requiring disinfection,
- wherein the controller calculates distance from each available beam-producing light source to the at least one volume requiring disinfection and, combined with dispersion properties of the light beams, coordinates the light beams to disinfect the at least one volume in space while reducing or maintaining disinfection time, reducing energy consumption and maximizing bulb life of the beam-producing light sources,
- wherein the volumes in space are prioritized as to which ones should be disinfected first and prioritization of the volumes is changed dynamically as new data is acquired in real time, and the controller is programmed to complete an existing disinfection before a new higher priority disinfection unless an assigned priority ranking of the new disinfection exceeds an emergency threshold.
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A disinfection system comprising:
- a plurality of beam-producing light sources for disinfection;
- at least one imaging device for collecting image data in a field of view of the at least one imaging device;
- a relationship finder to determine relative physical positions of the beam-producing light sources and the at least one imaging device;
- and,
- a programmed controller for controlling the beam-producing light sources based on the image data collected from the at least one imaging device and from known positions and dispersion geometries of the beam-producing light sources, wherein the controller is programmed to:
- localize at least one volume in space requiring disinfection;
- calculate direction to the at least one volume in space for each available beam-producing light source;
- and,
- coordinate at least one light beam projected from the available beam-producing light sources to the at least one volume requiring disinfection to reduce or maintain time required to deliver a threshold disinfecting light dose to the at least one volume in space requiring disinfection,
- wherein the volumes in space are prioritized as to which ones should be disinfected first and prioritization of the volumes is changed dynamically as new data is acquired in real time, and the controller is programmed to complete an existing disinfection before a new higher priority disinfection unless an assigned priority ranking of the new disinfection exceeds an emergency threshold.
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