DESC:CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is based on and derives the benefit of Indian Provisional Application 202121000991 filed on 08/01/2021, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD
[001] The embodiments herein generally relate to disinfection and health monitoring systems, and more particularly, to a method and a system for checking health and providing sanitization for a person at an entrance of a building/ structure/ workstation and the like.

BACKGROUND
[002] An epidemic of infectious diseases capable of spreading across a large region, e.g., a continent or the entire world, can be hugely costly to societies. Such incidences include pandemics of influenza, smallpox, tuberculosis, human immune deficiency virus (HIV), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and COVID-19. Humans have been battling viruses since before our species had even evolved into its modern form. For some viral diseases, vaccines and antiviral drugs have allowed us to keep infections from spreading widely, and have helped sick people recover. For one disease - smallpox - we've been able to eradicate it, ridding the world of new cases. But human race has a long way from winning the fight against viruses. In recent decades, several viruses have jumped from animals to humans and triggered sizable outbreaks, claiming thousands of lives. The viral strain that drove the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa kills up to 90% of the people it infects, making it the most lethal member of the Ebola family. But there are other viruses out there that are equally deadly, and some that are even deadlier. Some viruses, including the novel corona virus currently driving outbreaks around the globe, has higher fatality rates, and pose a serious threat to public health as we don't yet have a proper means to combat them.
[003] On March 11, 2020 the Novel Corona virus Disease, COVID-19, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. On March 13, 2020 a national emergency was declared in the United States concerning the COVID-19 Outbreak. COVID-19 is caused by a corona virus called SARS-CoV-2. Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness. Till date in two years, the corona virus, SARS-CoV-2 has infected more than 290 million people worldwide and more than 5 million deaths have occurred due to this most quickly spread disease. Although working vaccines are currently available, many people are hesitant to take the vaccination or the vaccine is not accessible for few people, whereby the spread of COVID-19 cannot be expected to reduce for several months. Economic and death losses can be minimized if the COVID-19 and flu can be contained through proactive screening that allows for effective anti-viral administration and narrowly targeted quarantines.
[004] Economic loss due to “avoidance behaviors” is even greater than the cost of treating flu victims. The cost includes reducing air travel, avoiding travel to infected destinations and reducing consumption of services, such as mass transit, dining out, shopping, etc. Accordingly, the need for protection of healthy people or the need for cleaning exhaled air or disinfecting the person is obvious with respect to highly infective viruses such as the COVID-19.
[005] Accordingly, entry to a particular area such as, building/ structure/ workplace needs a health screening to avoid spread of the COVID-19 or other such diseases. There are two primary conditions is worldwide accepted and tested to prevent the spread of the viruses / infection, first is sanitization of the person and second keeping social distancing. Moreover, there is also need to monitor/check the body temperature of the persons who all are entering in to the various premises, which is definitely helping to identify the infected persons and restricting their movement at the public places.
[006] A number of different types of the apparatus and system for monitoring the sanitization of the persons are available in the market. One such prior art appears to disclose a system for controlling access and recording who has been allowed or denied access to controlled access areas. A sanitization station which controls access to protected areas and records who has been allowed to enter and who has been denied entry to the area. Improved sanitization stations providing greater safety and efficacy as well as efficient and clean operation. Access control systems and stations that record attempts to access protected areas through the station, permit or deny access to the protected based on preset rules or permissions.
[007] Another prior art document, discloses a sanitization tracking and alerting system and method that automatically monitors hand sanitization actions of workers within a facility and reminds them of violations of hand sanitization requirements. The sanitization system may comprise a communications network providing interaction between a central computer with a database and one or more sanitizer dispenser systems, which dispense a sanitizer to the workers upon demand. The sanitizer dispensing system may have a reader for reading an identification device associated with the worker and a motion detector that detects when the worker is in the proximity of the dispensing mechanism. The sanitizer dispenser system may contain logic for determining which one of a number of workers in its vicinity may press a dispensing means, sending that information to the central computer, and activating an audio or visual indicator if the central computer determines that the worker is not sanitized.
[008] However, above mentioned references and many other similar references has one or more of the following shortcomings: (a) a system only used for hand sanitization; (b) a system is used only for monitoring hand sanitization of the persons in the premises; (c) expensive; (d) not built to monitor oxygen level or physical condition of the person; and (f) no presence of bipolar and other types of disinfection systems.
[009] Therefore, there exists a need for a method and a system for checking health and providing sanitization of a person at an entrance of a building/ structure/ workstation and the like, which obviates the aforementioned drawbacks.

OBJECTS
[0010] The principal object of embodiments herein is to provide a system for checking health and providing sanitization for a person at an entrance of a building/ structure/ workstation and the like.
[0011] Another object of embodiments herein is to provide a method for checking health and providing sanitization for a person at an entrance of a building/ structure/ workstation and the like.
[0012] Another object of embodiments herein is to provide the system for checking health and providing sanitization, which is ergonomic and reliable.
[0013] Another object of embodiments herein is to provide the system for checking health and providing sanitization which prevents the spread of infectious diseases.
[0014] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization to the person at the entrance, wherein said system includes a sanitization station adapted to collect a plurality of data of a person.
[0015] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization to the person at the entrance, wherein the plurality of data includes recognizing said person, measuring a body temperature of the person, recording an oxygen level in blood of the person, physical condition of the person, and number of persons entering the premises and the like.
[0016] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization to the person at the entrance, wherein said system includes plurality of disinfecting means to disinfect a person entering the premises.
[0017] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization to the person at the entrance, wherein said sanitization station is installed with a plurality of indicators to indicate whether the person is allow to enter into the premises or not.
[0018] These and other objects of embodiments herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with following description and accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following descriptions, while indicating embodiments and numerous specific details thereof, are given by way of illustration and not of limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the embodiments herein without departing from the spirit thereof, and the embodiments herein include all such modifications.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019] The embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, throughout which like reference letters indicate corresponding parts in various figures. The embodiments herein will be better understood from the following description with reference to the drawings, in which:
[0020] Fig. 1 depicts a schematic view of a system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization, according to embodiments as disclosed herein;
[0021] Fig. 2 depicts a block diagram of the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization, according to embodiments as disclosed herein; and
[0022] Fig. 3 depicts a flowchart of a method for checking health of a person and providing sanitization, according to embodiments as disclosed herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0023] The embodiments herein and the various features and advantageous details thereof are explained more fully with reference to the non-limiting embodiments that are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and detailed in the following description. Descriptions of well-known components and processing techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the embodiments herein. The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the embodiments herein may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in the art to practice the embodiments herein. Accordingly, the examples should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments herein.
[0024] The embodiments herein achieve a system for checking health and providing sanitization for a person at an entrance of a building/ structure/ workstation and the like. Further, the embodiments herein achieve a method for checking health and providing sanitization for a person at an entrance of a building/ structure/ workstation and the like. Furthermore, the embodiments herein achieve the system for checking health and providing sanitization, which is ergonomic and reliable. Additionally, the embodiments herein achieve the system for checking health and providing sanitization which prevents the spread of infectious diseases. Moreover, the embodiments herein achieve the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization to the person at the entrance, wherein said system includes a sanitization station adapted to collect a plurality of data of a person. Further, the embodiments herein achieve the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization to the person at the entrance, wherein the plurality of data includes recognizing said person, measuring a body temperature of the person, recording an oxygen level in blood of the person, physical condition of the person, and number of persons entering the premises and the like. Furthermore, the embodiments herein achieve the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization to the person at the entrance, wherein said system includes plurality of disinfecting means to disinfect a person entering the premises. Also, the embodiments herein achieve the system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization to the person at the entrance, wherein said sanitization station is installed with a plurality of indicators to indicate whether the person is allow to enter into the premises or not. Referring now to the drawings, particularly through Figs 1 to 3, where similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the figures, there are shown embodiments.
[0025] For the purpose of this description and ease of understanding, the system (100) is explained herein with below reference to checking health of a person and providing sanitization for a person entering a workstation or a shopping center. However, it is also within the scope of the invention to practice and/or use the system (100) in industries, research centers, private and public installations, commercial places, non-commercial places or any other places, without otherwise deterring the intended function of the system (100) as can be deduced from the description and corresponding drawings.
[0026] Fig. 1 depicts a schematic view of a system for checking health of a person and providing sanitization, according to embodiments as disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the system (100) includes a sanitization station (102), a recognition (or identification) device (104), a temperature monitoring device (106), a blood oxygen level measuring device (108), a hand sanitizing device (110), a first disinfection means (112), a second disinfection means (114), a third disinfection means (116), a fourth disinfection means (118), an electrostatic discharge mat (ESD) (120), a controller (122), a motion sensor (124), a first indicator (126f), a second indicator (126s) a third indicator (126t), a first support member (150), and a second support member (152).
[0027] The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization for a person (300) includes the sanitization station (102) which is positioned at an entry point of a structure (or building or premises). The sanitization station (102) is adapted to enclose all the health monitoring and disinfection systems. The sanitization station (102) includes the recognition (or identification) device (104) which is mounted towards an upper end of the first support member (150). The recognition (or identification) device (104) is adapted to identify a person (300) so that the person (300) is eligible for entering the premises or not. The recognition device (104) is configured to generate and communicate at least one second input signal to the controller (122) whereby the controller (122) is configured to compare the second input signal with a data stored in the database component and generate an output signal to indicate whether the person (300) is allowed to enter into the premise or not. In an embodiment, the recognition device (104) is at least a face recognition device capable of matching a human face from a digital image or a video frame against a plurality of faces stored in said database component. Further, the sanitizing station (102) includes one of the first indicator (126f) and a display unit (not shown), to indicate whether the person (300) is allowed to enter into said premise or not. In case of person (300) not authorized to enter the premises the first indicator (126f) is actuated by the controller (122) to detain the person (300) from entering the premises. In an embodiment, the first indicator (126f) is an alarm. In an embodiment, the system (100) may be used for marking attendance using the recognition device (104).
[0028] The sanitization station (102) includes temperature monitoring device (106) which is mounted below the recognition device (104) on the first support structure (150). The temperature monitoring device (106) is adapted to measure or record a body temperature of the person (300). The temperature monitoring device (106) is configured to generate and communicate a temperature data of the corresponding person (300) to the controller (122). The controller (122) is configured to compare the temperature data with a predefined temperature value and provide an output to indicate whether the body temperature of the person (300) is within the limits or exceeds the predefined temperature value. The controller (122) is configured to at least one of actuate a second indicator (126s) to provide warning signal if a temperature of said person (300) is more than a predefined temperature value and display said temperature on the display unit. The person (300) is allowed to enter into said premise when the temperature of said person (300) is within the predefined temperature value, and the person is detained from entering the premises, if the temperature is exceeding the predefined temperature value.
[0029] The sanitization station (102) includes blood oxygen level measuring device (108) which is erected on the second support structure (152). The second support structure (152) is disposed adjacent to the first support structure (150). The blood oxygen level measuring device (108) is configured to measure and communicate an oxygen saturation level in blood of the person (300) to the controller (122) thereby assess the breathing capacity of the person (300). The controller (122) is configured to at least one of actuate a third indicator (126t) to provide warning signal if the blood oxygen level in the person (300) is less than a predefined value and display the blood oxygen level on the display unit.
[0030] The sanitization station (102) further includes the hand sanitizing device (110) which is mounted on the second support member (152). The hand sanitizing device (110) is operated by the person (300) to dispense a hand sanitizing liquid to sanitize hands of the person (300). In an embodiment, the hand sanitizing device (110) may be an automated hand sanitizing device, whereby the person does not require touching the hand sanitizing device (110) for dispensing the hand sanitizing liquid.
[0031] Further, the sanitization station (102) includes first disinfection means (112) which is provided after the hand sanitizing device (110). The first disinfection means (112) is at least an integrated Ultraviolet and ozone (O3) disinfection device. The Ultraviolet and ozone (O3) is directed towards clothes (or a portion of clothes) of the person (300) to provide microbial disinfection. The sanitization station (102) further includes the second disinfection means (114) provided successive to the first disinfection means (112). The second disinfection means (114) is at least an integrated purified (or filtered) air and bipolar plasma (or ions) shower or spray. The purified (or filtered) air and bipolar (or ions) is sprayed on the clothes of the person (300) to achieve microbial disinfection of the clothes of said person (300). In an embodiment, the filtered air is achieved using a HEPA Grade 13 Filter. In an embodiment, the bipolar shower includes spraying of positive ions and negative ions. Furthermore, the sanitization station (102) includes the third disinfection means (116) which is installed successive to the second disinfection means (114). The third disinfection means (116) is at least a harmless ultraviolet source (UVC) emitted by a plurality of UV lamps. The wavelength of the harmless UVC is at least 222nm. Additionally, the sanitization station (102) includes fourth disinfection means (118) which is provided following the third disinfection means (116). The fourth disinfection means (118) is at least a hard surface disinfection means which is adapted to disinfect one of shoes of the person (300) and hard surfaces such as clothes of the person (300).
[0032] Furthermore, the sanitization station (102) includes the electrostatic discharge mat (ESD) (120) disposed on a ground surface following the fourth disinfection means (118). The ESD discharge mat (120) is disposed on the ground surface to discharge the positive ions and negative ions acquired during disinfection process, and provide safety from electrostatic discharge for the person (300).
[0033] The sanitizing station (102) includes at least one motion sensor (124) configured to sense a motion of the person (300) in the sanitization station (102). The motion sensor (124) is configured to generate and communicate at least one first input signal to the controller (122) whereby the controller (122) operates the system (100) to disinfect the person (300). The controller (122) turns the sanitization station (102) into a power saving mode, when the motion sensor (124) does not detect any movement in the sanitization station (102).
[0034] The sanitization station (102) includes the controller (122) which is provided in communication with the recognition device (104), the database component, the temperature monitoring device (106), the blood oxygen level measuring device (108), the hand sanitizing device (110), the first disinfection means (112), the second disinfection means (114), the third disinfection means (116), and the fourth disinfection means (118) as shown in Fig. 2. The controller (122) is configured to actuate the first disinfection mechanism (112), the second disinfection means (114), the third disinfection means (116), and the fourth disinfection means (118) in a row (or successively) to disinfect the person (300) based on signals received from the motion sensor (124).
[0035] The integrated all in one health check and sanitization system is designed in such a way to disinfect the person completely by undergoing different interface of technologies. This system will help largely for preventing the spread of infectious diseases and save the humanity from its potential health hazard.
[0036] Fig. 3 depicts a flowchart of a method for checking health of a person and providing sanitization, according to embodiments as disclosed herein. A method (200) for checking health of a person and providing sanitization is disclosed herein. The method (200) includes providing a sanitization station (102) positioned at an entry point of a structure (or building or premises) (at step 202). Further, the method (200) includes installing a recognition (or identification) device (104) within said sanitization station (102) (at step 204). Furthermore, the method includes identifying and allowing a person within a premises, by comparing an input signal generated from said recognition device (104) with a data stored in a database component, by a controller (122) (at step 206). Additionally, the method (200) includes providing a temperature monitoring device (106) below said recognition device (104) (at step 208). Moreover, the method (200) includes identifying and allowing said person within said premises, by comparing a temperature data of corresponding person generated from said temperature monitoring device (106) with a predefined temperature value, by said controller (122) (at step 210). Further, the method (200) includes installing a blood oxygen level measuring device (108) in said sanitizing station (102) (at step 212). Furthermore, the method (200) includes identifying and allowing said person within said premises, by comparing a oxygen saturation level in blood of said person (300) generated from said blood oxygen level measuring device (108) with a predefined value, by said controller (122) (at step 214). Additionally, the method (200) includes sanitizing hands of said person (300) using a hand sanitizing device (110) (at step 216). The method (200) further includes operating a first disinfection means (112), a second disinfection means (114), a third disinfection means (116), and a fourth disinfection means in a row, by said controller (122) (at step 218). Also, the method (200) includes releasing ions on by said person (300) on an ESD discharge mat (120) disposed on a ground surface following said fourth disinfection means (118) (at step 220).
[0037] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modifications within the spirit and scope of the embodiments as described herein.
,CLAIMS:We claim:
1. A system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization for a person (300), said system (100) comprising:
a sanitization station (102) positioned at an entry point of a premises, said sanitization station (102) includes:
a recognition device (104) mounted at an upper end of a first support member (150), said recognition device (104) provided in communication with a database component;
a temperature monitoring device (106) disposed below said recognition device (104);
a blood oxygen level measuring device (108) mounted on a second support member (152), said second support member (152) erected adjacent to said first support member (150);
a hand sanitizing device (110) mounted on said second support member (152);
a first disinfection means (112), a second disinfection means (114), a third disinfection means (116), and a fourth disinfection means (118) provided a row following said hand sanitizing device (110);
an electrostatic discharge mat (ESD) (120) disposed on a ground surface following said fourth disinfection means (118); and
a controller (122) in communication with said recognition device (104), said database component, said temperature monitoring device (106), said blood oxygen level measuring device (108), said hand sanitizing device (110), said first disinfection means (112), said second disinfection means (114), said third disinfection means (116), and said fourth disinfection means (118).

2. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sanitizing station (102) includes at least one motion sensor (124) configured to sense a motion of said person (300) in said sanitization station (102), said motion sensor (124) is configured to generate and communicate at least one first input signal to said controller (122) whereby said controller (122) operates said system (100) to disinfect said person (300), said controller (122) turns said sanitization station (102) into a power saving mode, when said motion sensor (124) does not detect any movement in said sanitization station (102).

3. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said recognition device (104) is configured to generate and communicate at least one second input signal to said controller (122), said controller (122) is configured to compare said second input signal with a data stored in said database component and generate an output signal to indicate whether said person is allowed to enter into said premise or not, said sanitizing station (102) includes one of a first indicator (126f) and a display unit, to indicate whether said person (300) is allowed to enter into said premise or not.

4. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 3, wherein said recognition device (104) is at least a face recognition device capable of matching a human face from a digital image or a video frame against a plurality of faces stored in said database component.

5. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said temperature monitoring device (106) is configured to generate and communicate a temperature data of a corresponding person (300) to said controller (122), said controller (122) configured to at least one of actuate a second indicator (126s) to provide warning signal if a temperature of said person (300) is more than a predefined temperature value and display said temperature on said display unit, whereby said person (300) is allowed or detained to enter into said premise when said temperature of said person (300) is within or exceeding said predefined temperature value, respectively.

6. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said blood oxygen level measuring device (108) is configured to measure and communicate an oxygen saturation level in blood of said person (300) to said controller (122), said controller (122) configured to at least one of actuate a third indicator (126t) to provide warning signal if said blood oxygen level in said person (300) is less than a predefined value and display said blood oxygen level on said display unit.

7. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first disinfection means (112) is at least an integrated ultraviolet and ozone (O3) disinfection device, said Ultraviolet and ozone (O3) is directed towards clothes or a portion of clothes of said person (300) to provide microbial disinfection.

8. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second disinfection means (114) is at least an integrated purified air and bipolar shower, said purified air and bipolar is sprayed on said clothes of said person (300) to achieve microbial disinfection of said clothes of said person (300), said ions shower include positive ions and negative ions.

9. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said third disinfection means (116) is at least a harmless ultraviolet source (UVC) emitted by a plurality of UV lamps, wherein a wavelength of said harmless UVC is at least 222nm.

10. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fourth disinfection means (118) is at least a hard surface disinfection means which is adapted to disinfect one of shoes of said person (300) and hard surfaces such as clothes of said person (300).

11. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said controller (122) is configured to actuate said first disinfection mechanism (112), said second disinfection means (114), said third disinfection means (116), and said fourth disinfection means (118) in a row to disinfect said person (300) based on signals received from said motion sensor (124).

12. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 8, wherein said filtered air is achieved using a HEPA Grade 13 Filter.

13. The system (100) for checking health and providing sanitization as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ESD discharge mat (120) is disposed on said ground surface to discharge said positive ions and negative ions, and provide safety from electrostatic discharge for said person (300).

14. A method (200) for checking health of a person and providing sanitization, said method (200) comprising:
providing a sanitization station (102) positioned at an entry point of a premises;
installing a recognition device (104) within said sanitization station (102);
identifying and allowing a person within a premises, by comparing an input signal generated from said recognition device (104) with a data stored in a database component, by a controller (122);
providing a temperature monitoring device (106) below said recognition device (104);
identifying and allowing said person within said premises, by comparing a temperature data of corresponding person generated from said temperature monitoring device (106) with a predefined temperature value, by said controller (122);
installing a blood oxygen level measuring device (108) in said sanitizing station (102);
identifying and allowing said person within said premises, by comparing a oxygen saturation level in blood of said person (300) generated from said blood oxygen level measuring device (108) with a predefined value, by said controller (122);
sanitizing hands of said person (300) using a hand sanitizing device (110);
operating a first disinfection means (112), a second disinfection means (114), a third disinfection means (116), and a fourth disinfection means in a row, by said controller (122); and
releasing ions on by said person (300) on an ESD discharge mat (120) disposed on a ground surface following said fourth disinfection means (118).