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US 2019/0240362 A1Published application
Sanitization system
OwnerChristopher Alexander CORSETTI, Robert Joseph LEONETTIinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a sanitization system configured to sanitize, at least in part, an interior space of a room. The sanitization system includes a control system configured to be positioned relative to the interior space of the room. The control system is also configured to be in electrical communication with: (A) a sensor assembly configured to be positioned in the interior space of the room, (B) a door-locking mechanism configured to be operatively connected to a door, in which the door is an entrance to the interior space of the room, and (C) a sanitation-light source configured to be positionable in the interior space of the room.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- a sanitization system configured to sanitize, at least in part, an interior space of a room,
- the sanitization system, including:
- a control system being configured to be positioned relative to the interior space of the room;
- and
- the control system also being configured to be in electrical communication with:
- a sensor assembly being configured to be positioned in the interior space of the room;
- and
- a door-locking mechanism being configured to be operatively connected to a door, in which the door is an entrance to the interior space of the room;
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- a sanitation-light source being configured to be positionable in the interior space of the room.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a sanitization system configured to sanitize, at least in part, an interior space of a room,
- the sanitization system, including:
- a sensor assembly being configured to be positioned in the interior space of the room;
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- a sanitation-light source being configured to be positionable in the interior space of the room;
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- a control system;
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- a housing assembly being configured to house and support the control system, the sensor assembly, and the sanitation-light source;
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- the control system being configured to:
- be positioned relative to the interior space of the room;
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- be in electrical communication with:
- the sensor assembly;
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- the sanitation-light source;
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- a door-locking mechanism being configured to be operatively connected to a door, in which the door is an entrance to the interior space of the room;
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- a display assembly being positioned outside of the room.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a sanitization system configured to sanitize, at least in part, an interior space of a room,
- the sanitization system, including:
- a control system being configured to be positioned relative to the interior space of the room;
- and
- the control system also being configured to be in electrical communication with:
- a sensor assembly being configured to be positioned in the interior space of the room;
- and
- a door-locking mechanism being configured to be operatively connected to a door, in which the door is an entrance to the interior space of the room;
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- a sanitation-light source being configured to be positionable in the interior space of the room;
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- a display assembly being positioned outside of the room in such a way that the display assembly, in use, receives, from the control system, an occupancy-indication signal, in which the occupancy-indication signal indicates
- an occupation status of the room;
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- wherein:
- the control system is further configured to:
- receive a presence status indicator signal from the sensor assembly once the sensor assembly, in use, detects the presence of a person located in a predefined portion of the interior space of the room;
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- transmit a door-control signal to the door-locking mechanism in response to the control system receiving the presence status indicator signal from the sensor assembly;
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- transmit a light-source control signal to the sanitation-light source in response to the control system transmitting the door-control signal to the door-locking mechanism;
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- the sensor assembly is further configured to:
- detect, at least in part, the presence of the person located in the predefined portion of the interior space of the room;
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- transmit the presence status indicator signal to the control system in response to the sensor assembly detecting the presence of the person located in the interior space;
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- the door-locking mechanism is further configured to:
- selectively lock the door in response to the door-locking mechanism, in use, receiving the door-control signal from the control system in such a way that the door-locking mechanism, in use, selectively locks and unlocks the door;
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- the sanitation-light source is further configured to:
- receive the light-source control signal from the control system, in which the light-source control signal, in use, selectively turns ON and OFF the sanitation-light source;
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- selectively emit a sanitation light into the interior space of the room, in response to the sanitation-light source receiving the light-source control signal in such a way that the sanitation light, which is emitted by the sanitation-light source during use, sanitizes, at least in part, the interior space of the room.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a sanitization system configured to sanitize, at least in part, an interior space of a room,
- the sanitization system, including:
- a control system being configured to be positioned relative to the interior space of the room;
- and
- the control system also being configured to be in electrical communication with:
- a sensor assembly being configured to be positioned in the interior space of the room;
- and
- a door-locking mechanism being configured to be operatively connected to a door, in which the door is an entrance to the interior space of the room;
- and
- a sanitation-light source being configured to be positionable in the interior space of the room;
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- wherein:
- the control system is further configured to:
- transmit a door-control signal to the door-locking mechanism, for the case where the control system receives a presence status indicator signal, from the sensor assembly, in which the presence status indicator signal indicates that the room is occupied by a person positioned in the interior space of the room, and in which the door-control signal, in use, keeps the door in an unlocked state;
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- monitor and ensure that the sanitation-light source remains in an OFF state;
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- monitor and ensure that the door-locking mechanism does not lock the door;
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- transmit the door-control signal to the door-locking mechanism, for the case where the control system receives the presence status indicator signal, from the sensor assembly, in which the presence status indicator signal indicates that the room is NOT occupied by anyone that is positioned in a predefined portion of the interior space of the room, and in which the door-control signal, in use, keeps the door in a locked state;
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- monitor and ensure that the door-locking mechanism, in use, maintains the door in a locked stated for the case where the control system determines that an entirety of the room is empty and unoccupied by anyone;
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- monitor and ensure that the sanitation-light source is turned ON for a predetermined period of time;
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- turn OFF the sanitation-light source once the predetermined period of time is lapsed;
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- transmit the door-control signal to the door-locking mechanism, once the predetermined period of time is lapsed and once the sanitation-light source is turned OFF, in such a way that the door-control signal, in use, urges the door-locking mechanism to unlock the door;
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- control operation of the sanitation-light source once the control system is electrically connected to the sanitation-light source, and the sanitation-light source receives electrical power.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.