Hygiene monitoring system
AssigneeVeraz Limited
InventorKenneth Alaric Best
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system suitable for monitoring the contamination potential associated with one or more mobile objects within an environment containing one or more fixed or mobile sources of contamination or cleansing. The system comprises a plurality of signal indicator devices connected to the or each source, each indicator device emitting a signal. The system further comprises a monitoring device connected to the or each object, the monitoring device being operable to: detect signals of the type emitted by an indicator device; infer the occurrence of contact between an object and a source from a detected signal; determine a level of contamination risk from the inferred contact; and output a status signal indicative thereof.
Claims19
A system suitable for monitoring contamination potential associated with one or more mobile objects within an environment containing one or more fixed or mobile potential sources of contamination or cleansing, the system comprising:
- a plurality of signal indicator devices connected to the or each source, each indicator device emitting an electrical signal;
- a monitoring device connected to the or each object, the monitoring device being operable to:
- detect electrical signals of the type emitted by an indicator device;
- infer the occurrence of touch contact between an object and a source from a detected signal;
- determine a level of contamination risk from the inferred contact;
- and output a status signal indicative thereof, wherein the electrical signal emitted by the indicator device is indicative of the type of source to which it is connected.
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A method of monitoring the contamination potential associated with one or more objects within an environment containing one or more potential sources of contamination or cleansing, the method comprising attaching indicator devices to or in proximity to each source;
- attaching monitoring devices to each person or object, inferring touch contact between an object and a source by detecting with a monitoring device electrical signals emitted by an indicator device;
- determining a level of contamination risk based on the inferred contact;
- and outputting a status signal indicative thereof wherein the electrical signal emitted by the indicator device is indicative of the type of source to which it is connected.
A monitoring device suitable for monitoring and determining the contamination risk associated with an object within an environment containing one or more potential sources of contamination or cleansing, the monitoring device comprising:
- connection means for connecting the device to said object;
- a receiver operable to detect electrical signals from indicator devices connected to a source in contact with the object;
- and a processing unit operable to infer touch contact between the object and a source from the detected electrical signal, determine a level of contamination risk from the inferred contact and output a status signal indicative thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.