IP Library Granted Patent US 12,023,415
Granted Patent B2
US 12,023,415 · App. 17/161,567 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Inspection and sanitation device and method

Inventors: Fartash Vasefi (Sherman Oaks, CA); Kenneth Edward Barton (Palm City, FL); Nicholas Bennett MacKinnon (Salt Spring Island, CA); David Carroll (Arlington, VA); Sava Marinkovich (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: SafetySpect Inc
A61L2/28A61L2/084A61L2/10G01N21/6456G01N21/6486G06T11/001H04N23/45H04N23/56A61L2202/11A61L2202/14
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Patent No.
US 12,023,415
App. No.
17/161,567
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device is disclosed. The device contains a first light source configured to excite fluorescence emission of a first contaminant on a surface, and a first optical sensor configured to capture one or more images of the fluorescence emission of the first contaminant.

Claims (29)

1. A device comprising:

a first light source configured to excite fluorescence emission of a first contaminant on a surface;

a first optical sensor configured to capture one or more images of the fluorescence emission of the first contaminant; and

a display configured to depict the surface and a first computer generated image representing the contaminant, wherein the first computer generated image covers at least a portion of the surface shown on the display;

wherein the first contaminant comprises at least one pathogen;

wherein the first light source comprises illumination of suitable wavelengths and power to kill the at least one pathogen;

wherein the first computer generated image comprises a first color: wherein the display is configured to depict the first computer generated image comprising a second color,

wherein the first computer generated image comprising the second color covers at least the portion of the surface shown on the display after the at least one pathogen is killed.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first light source comprises illumination of suitable wavelengths and power to deactivate the first contaminant.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first light source provides illumination light in an ultraviolet (UV) wavelength range between 260 nm and 290 nm.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first optical sensor is configured to capture at least one image of the fluorescence emission in an ultraviolet (UV) wavelength range between 320 nm and 370 nm.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first optical sensor is configured to capture at least one images of the fluorescence emission in a first wavelength band.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first wavelength band is ultraviolet (UV) band.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first wavelength band is visible band.

8. The device of claim 5 , further comprises a second optical sensor configured to capture one or more images of the fluorescence emission of the first contaminant.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the second optical sensor is configured to capture one or more images of the fluorescence emission in a second wavelength band.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the second wavelength band is ultraviolet (UV) band.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the second wavelength band is visible band.

12. The device of claim 1 further comprises a second light source configured to excite fluorescence emission of the first contaminant on the surface.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the second light source is a second plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

14. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first light source is a first plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

15. The device of claim 1 further comprises:

a second light source configured to excite fluorescence emission of the first contaminant on the surface; and

a second optical sensor configured to capture one or more images of the fluorescence emission of the first contaminant;

wherein the first light source provides illumination light in a first wavelength range;

wherein the second light source provides illumination light in a second wavelength range;

wherein the first optical sensor is configured to capture at least one images of the fluorescence emission in a first wavelength band;

wherein the second optical sensor is configured to capture at least one images of the fluorescence emission in a second wavelength band.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the first light source comprises illumination of suitable wavelengths and power to deactivate the first contaminant.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2021
From: VASEFI, FARTASH; BARTON, KENNETH EDWARD; MACKINNON, NICHOLAS BENNETT; CARROLL, DAVID; MARINKOVICH, SAVA
To: SAFETYSPECT INC.
Reel/Frame 055070/0834 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63012804 · Apr 20, 2020
Provisional Application 62967514 · Jan 29, 2020
Related Publication 20210228757A1 · Jul 29, 2021