Physical user interface sanitation system and method
OwnerWilliam W. EIGNERinventor
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Abstract
A touchscreen device sanitation system and method is provided. A touchscreen device is configured with an illumination system that illuminates an external surface of the touchscreen device with ultraviolet light that kills or inactivates disease agents present on the external surface of the touchscreen device. The illumination system may illuminate the external surface of the touchscreen device indirectly from a position within the touchscreen device or directly from a position above the touchscreen device.
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A method comprising using at least one hardware processor to:
- monitor a device having a touchscreen interface for a predetermined event to occur, and
- subsequent to the occurrence of the predetermined event,
- illuminate at least a portion of the touchscreen interface of the device having the touchscreen interface with one or more amounts of energy for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the one or more amounts of energy and the predetermined amount of time correspond to a desired sanitation level.
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A system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store executable programmed modules;
- a touchscreen user interface;
- an illumination system configured to illuminate at least a portion of the touchscreen user interface with one or more amounts of energy;
- a processor communicatively coupled with the non-transitory computer readable medium, the touchscreen user interface and the illumination system, the processor configured to control the illumination system to illuminate the at least a portion of the touchscreen user interface with the one or more amounts of energy for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the one or more amounts of energy and the predetermined amount of time correspond to a desired sanitation level.
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A system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store executable programmed modules;
- a camera system having a corresponding illumination system, the illumination system configured to illuminate an area comprising a field of view of the camera system with one or more amounts of energy;
- a processor communicatively coupled with the non-transitory computer readable medium, the camera system and the illumination system, the processor configured to control the illumination system to illuminate at least a portion of an object within the area comprising the field of view of the camera system with the one or more amounts of energy for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the one or more amounts of energy and the predetermined amount of time correspond to a desired sanitation level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.