US 9,943,618 B2 · Ultraviolet light source and methods

Abstract

A UV illumination method includes moving a UV peripheral separate from a smart device to location associated with a plurality of target surfaces, selecting a UV illumination application executing upon the smart device, selecting an icon from within the UV illumination application, sending via a wireless communication mechanism of the smart device to the UV peripheral, instructions to turn on a UV light disposed in the UV peripheral in response to the selection of the icon, receiving via a wireless communication mechanism disposed in the UV peripheral, the instructions to turn on the UV light, illuminating, with the UV light within the UV peripheral, sanitizing UV light to the plurality of target surfaces other than surfaces of the smart device in response to the instructions, and thereafter terminating illuminating, with the UV light within the UV peripheral, the sanitizing UV light from the plurality of target surfaces.

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Dependent claims

A UV illumination method comprising:

moving by a user, a UV peripheral separate from a smart device to a plurality of locations associated with a plurality of target surfaces;
selecting by a user, a UV illumination application for execution upon the smart device for the UV peripheral;
selecting by the user, an icon from within the UV illumination application executing upon the smart device,
sending via a wireless communication mechanism of the smart device to the UV peripheral, instructions to turn on a UV light disposed in the UV peripheral in response to the selection of the icon;
receiving via a wireless communication mechanism disposed in the UV peripheral, the instructions to turn on the UV light;
illuminating, with UV light within the UV peripheral, sanitizing UV light to the plurality of target surfaces other than surfaces of the smart device in response to the instructions;
and thereafter
terminating illuminating, with the UV light within the UV peripheral, the sanitizing UV light from the plurality of target surfaces.

5 more elements

A portable UV device configured to communicate with a smart device comprising:

an external housing;
a power source disposed within the external housing configured to provide operating power;
a UV light source disposed within the external housing and coupled to the power source, wherein the UV light source is configured to provide output of sanitizing UV light and configured to sanitize a plurality of target surfaces other than a surface of the smart device in response to the operating powered provided by the power source;
a communication mechanism disposed within the housing and coupled to the power source, wherein the communication mechanism is configured to receive instructions from the smart device;
and
a control mechanism disposed within the housing, wherein the control mechanism is coupled to the UV light source, to the communication mechanism, and to the power source, wherein the control mechanism is configured to direct the power source to provide the operating power to the UV light source in response to the instructions received from the smart device;
and
wherein the portable UV device is configured to be physically moved independently from the smart device to a plurality of locations associated with a plurality of target surfaces by the user to provide the sanitizing UV light to the plurality of target surfaces other than the surface of the smart device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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