DESC:
FORM 2
THE PATENTS ACT, 1970
(39 of 1970)
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The Patents Rules, 2003

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See section 10 and rule 13)

“SMART SANITISER WITH IN-BUILT TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR SENSING AND REPORTING INDIVIDUAL HEALTH STATUS”

LIFE9 SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED,
#301, Prakruthi Apt,33, BGS Layout, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, Karnataka, India

The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a Smart hand sanitiser device with temperature sensor. Specifically, the present invention relates to Smart sanitiser with in-built temperature sensor for sensing and reporting individual health status.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The importance of cleanliness has long been recognized, particularly in the fields of health-care, food preparation, employee of an organization and laboratories, to name but a few. Washing hands properly with sanitisers and measuring body temperature is very important to avoid patients with communicable diseases.

Communicable diseases are spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person. The spread often happens via airborne viruses or bacteria, but also through blood or other bodily fluid. The terms infectious and contagious are also used to describe communicable disease, a few of the most serious communicable diseases on a global level are Influenza, Measles, MRSA, West Nile virus, Legionella, Scabies, Ebola, Zika, Chikungunya, Tuberculosis, Norovirus and Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Since the beginning of pandemic of covid-19 there has been an increased awareness and concern for preventing contamination and infection of health care and allied personnel by pathogens and virus. Li Wenliang, who tried to warn the world about the coronavirus outbreak of COVID-19, also died due to corona virus. Government of India has indicated that it is taking all necessary steps to ensure that the citizens are prepared well to face the challenge and threat posed by the growing pandemic of COVID-19 the Corona Virus. The most important factor in preventing the spread of corona virus is by ensuring that all the citizens apply sanitisers/ hand wish and frequent washing of hands to stop spreading of corona virus. The Clean Hands campaign by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) instructs the public to use Alcohol-based hand sanitizer for hand washing. Hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol or contains a "persistent antiseptic" should be used. Alcohol rubs kill many different kinds of bacteria, including antibiotic resistant bacteria and TB bacteria. They also kill many kinds of viruses, including the flu virus, the common cold virus, coronaviruses, COVID-19, H1N1 Virus, Norovirus and Clostridium difficile and HIV. 90% alcohol rubs are more effective against viruses than most other forms of hand washing. Isopropyl alcohol will kill 99.99 % or more of all non-spore forming bacteria in less than 30 seconds, both in the laboratory and on human skin.

The World Health Organization (WHO) expects them to need 2.9 billion litres of sanitiser per month due to COVID-19. That's about 35 billion litres per year. Before coronavirus, the world produced just under three billion litres per year. The Indian government has expressly asked the alcoholic drinks industry and the sugarcane industry to provide ethanol to hand sanitiser companies. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop and produce sanitisers to meet the local and global demand of sanitisers.

Studies show that adding hand sanitizers and pre-checking of the human body temperature before enter into to classrooms, office and etc can reduce student or employees absenteeism due to illness by 20 per cent. The use of hand sanitizers and temperature check that can help keep us all exposed to fewer germs, and therefore may decrease our chance of illness.

Washing hands properly with sanitisers and checking body temperature regularly can help prevent the spread of the germs from one person to another (like bacteria and viruses) that cause these diseases.

Although traditional hand washing using soap and water is performed by most people, these same people are often unwittingly exposed to unsanitary conditions after washing their hands. For example, these people are potentially exposed to unsanitary surfaces by touching a handrail of a stairway or escalator, and/or when opening doors, handling currency, touching keyboards, etc. Thus, sanitizer dispensers are used in a wide variety of settings to provide people with a sanitizing material to rub on their hands prior to undertaking activities where cleanliness is important, such as prior to eating, handling food, or attending to a patient at a health care facility and many public washrooms.

Some sanitisers contain alcohol, alcohol kills the germs present on the skin. The alcohol works immediately and effectively in order to kill bacteria and most viruses. Alcohol can make the skin dry, so most brands of sanitizers also contain a moisturizer to minimize skin dryness and irritation.

Body temperature is a vital sign and it is important to determine health status of an individual. A number of diseases are characterised by a change in body temperature. With other illnesses, the course of the disease can be followed by measuring body temperature. A fever is the reaction to disease-specific stimuli. The body changes its normal temperature to support the body’s own defence mechanisms. Fever is the most common form of disease-related (pathological) increase in body temperature.

The body temperature of a healthy person can be measured by two different ways one is core temperature by inserting the thermometer into a bodily orifice and provides the temperature of the mucous membrane and another way is surface temperature by measuring on the surface of the skin and is made up of the temperature inside the body and the ambient temperature.
Normal body temperature is considered to be 37°C (98.6°F); however, a wide variation is seen. Among normal individuals, mean daily temperature can differ by 0.5°C (0.9°F), and daily variations can be as much as 0.25 to 0.5°C. Fever is typically any temperature above 100° F. The most common cause of fever is any infection in the body, but there are other causes, including heat stroke or a drug reaction. Although you can be sick with a normal temperature, body temperature is clearly an important and useful indicator of health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers above 100° F to be a flu-related fever. The National Institutes of Health says an adult with a temperature above 99 “probably” has a fever, depending on the time of day. Before the current Corona pandemic, hospitals would generally assess fever and act upon it differently in response to individual patients and diagnoses; schools have had various thresholds to determine when parents should keep their children home. Perhaps the most well-known benchmark is 98.6 degrees, which many people, including physicians and public health agencies, consider to be a baseline.

Patients with communicable diseases are advised to use contactless thermometers to avoid cross-infection. Contactless thermometers can be used to measure the temperature of people without touching them at times of epidemics of diseases causing fever, such as SARS, coronavirus and Ebola virus disease.
One difficulty with attempting to provide sanitary conditions and temperature checking is that people do not always wash their hands and/or use a sanitizer material /or checking body temperatures when they should.

For example, health care staff and/or patient visitors do not always have clean hands when visiting or attending to a patient and they are not checking their body temperature regularly. Even when sanitizer dispensers and thermometers are available, the intended users, such as health care staff or food preparation workers, employees of an organization do not necessarily use the sanitizer dispensers and thermometer when they should. Thus, for those situations or settings where users are required by a rule or requirement to use a sanitizer and a thermometer it would be desirable to develop a smart hand sanitizer with a temperature sensing means

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following summary provides an introduction to selected concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. Further, while certain disadvantages of other technologies may be noted or discussed herein, the claimed subject matter is not intended to be limited to implementations that may solve or address any or all of the disadvantages of those other technologies. The sole purpose of this summary is to present some concepts of the claimed subject matter in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented below.

An object of the present invention is to provide a Smart sanitiser with in-built temperature sensor for sensing and reporting individual health status.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a Smart hand sanitiser device with thermopile temperature sensor with alert means for real time monitoring the temperature of the persons.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a Smart hand sanitiser device with thermopile temperature sensor with IoT enabled cloud connectivity.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide Smart hand sanitiser device with thermopile temperature sensor with web based front end UX for it's remote management.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide Smart hand sanitiser device with thermopile temperature sensor with a visible camera.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide Smart hand sanitiser device with thermopile temperature sensor with an indication means, such as an audio or visual display, for communicating the computed body core temperature to the backend system and administrator.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide Smart hand sanitiser device with thermopile temperature sensor with configurable temperature range for monitoring the health status of the individuals.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a Smart sanitiser with in-built temperature sensor for sensing and reporting individual health status is disclosed. The Smart Hand Sanitizer system includes:
a) a sanitizer container with a dispenser for dispensing the sanitizer,
b) a server for storing the data collected by the smart sanitizer system,
c) a processor for processing the data collected by the smart sanitizer system,
d) a communication means for receiving and transferring the data,
e) a web based front end UX (User Experience) for remote management of the Smart Hand Sanitizer system,
f) a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the user.

According to one aspect of the invention, the temperature sensor used in the smart hand sanitiser is a non-contact temperature sensor. According to one aspect of the invention, the temperature sensor is a thermopile temperature sensor. The smart sanitiser sends alerts to the administrative teams when the temperature of the user exceeds the set range by audible or visual means. The smart sanitiser can be configured with respect to the temperate sensor position based on the station installation location and ensuring the required coverage for sensing. The smart sanitiser can be configured with respect to threshold temperature range to be considered as normal.

According to one aspect of the invention, the smart sanitiser would notify the backend/administration module with respect any temperature measurements beyond the threshold limits. The smart sanitiser can be configured for repeat tests in case of extremely higher ranges and additional alerts to backend and administrative modules in such scenarios to identify and isolate the individual.

According to one aspect of the invention, the temperature information collected by the smart hand sanitiser is analysed to assess COVID symptoms of the user. According to one aspect of the invention, the information collected by the smart hand sanitiser is analyzed by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

According to one aspect of the invention, the Smart Hand Sanitizer system along with the backend administrative modules will determine the usage of the dispensing station of individual across stations/buildings as applicable and will help to understand the probability of infection spread due to this movement.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the Li-ion batteries used in the Smart hand sanitiser device are rechargeable batteries.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the Smart hand sanitizer device includes a memory means. The memory means includes a compliance module in communication with the identification apparatus, the compliance module being operable to record data associated with use of the first cleaning station by the user.
According to one aspect of the present invention, the Smart hand sanitizer with temperature sensor is equipped with a visible camera and a thermography device, and generates heat from the difference between the temperature of the face measured using infrared rays and the temperature in the oral cavity according to the face of the person photographed with the visible camera.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the Smart hand sanitiser with temperature sensor includes an infrared light detection unit that detects infrared light emitted from the neck of a measurement subject within a detection range of 1.67 mm × 1.67 mm and outputs a light reception signal, and a light reception signal. A peak value determination unit that determines the peak value of the obtained temperature as the body temperature of the measurement subject.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a management server that manages the body temperature of the measurement subject collected from the body temperature measurement device is disclosed.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the Smart sanitizer includes a communication unit that receives the body temperature of the person to be measured from the body temperature measuring device, a totaling unit that counts the body temperature read from the recording unit for each person to be measured and obtains a totaling result, and displays the totaling result.

It should be understood, however, that this summary does not contain all of the aspects and object of the present invention, is not meant to be limiting or restrictive in any manner, and that the invention as disclosed herein is and will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to encompass obvious improvements and modifications thereto.

Additional advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following discussion, particularly when taken together with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Example embodiments of the present invention are illustrated by accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates Smart hand sanitiser device with temperature sensor according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates dispensing tube of Smart hand sanitizer with fluid level sensor for monitoring the fluid level of the sanitiser;

FIG. 3 illustrates Smart hand sanitiser device with temperature sensor with IoT connectivity according to one embodiment of the invention.

The drawings described herein are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following summary provides an introduction to selected concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

Further, while certain disadvantages of other technologies may be noted or discussed herein, the claimed subject matter is not intended to be limited to implementations that may solve or address any or all of the disadvantages of those other technologies. The sole purpose of this summary is to present some concepts of the claimed subject matter in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented below.

On the contrary, it is intended to cover alternatives, modifications and equivalents. Various modifications to the present invention will be readily apparent to a person skilled in the art, and can be made to the present invention within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The present invention discloses a system for Smart hand sanitiser device with temperature sensor. The Smart hand sanitiser device dispenses a sanitizer, such as an alcohol gel or alcohol mist, when a person activates the sanitizer dispenser by triggering an infrared sensor to automatically activate ejection of the sanitizer when a person places one or both of their hands adjacent the sanitizer dispenser.

The term “Smart hand sanitiser device” means a device that dispenses a sanitizer, automatically and smartly the defined units (e.g., by a rechargeable battery in a touchless sanitizer dispenser). In addition, as used herein, “sanitiser” is synonymous with “sanitizer” and refers to a fluid, whether a liquid, gas, or pseudo-solid (such as a semi-solid or gel) that includes one or more antimicrobial and/or cleaning agents. The antimicrobial agent can kill organisms such as bacteria, protozoa, and/or viruses. They also kill many kinds of viruses, including the flu virus, the common cold virus, coronaviruses, COVID 19 virus, H1N1 Virus, Norovirus and Clostridium difficile and HIV. 90% alcohol rubs are more effective against viruses than most other forms of hand washing.

An exemplary embodiment of the Smart hand sanitiser device with temperature sensor is depicted in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the Smart Hand sanitizer system 100 includes a top portion 102, a temperature sensor 103, a camera 104, a sanitizer container 106, a bottom portion 108, a cloud server 110, a proximity sensor, web based front end UX, rechargeable battery and an alarm. The temperature sensor 103 is located in the top portion 102 of the Smart Hand sanitizer system 100. The temperature sensor 103 is a non-contact temperature sensor.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the temperature sensor 103 is a thermopile temperature sensor. Thermopile temperature sensor 103 is designed to measure temperature of a user 112 from a distance by detecting infrared (IR) energy 105 emitted from the user 112. The higher the temperature of the user 112, the more IR energy 105 is emitted.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the thermopile sensor 103 includes small thermocouples on a silicon chip which absorb the energy and produce an output signal.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the temperature sensor 103 is in-built in the Smart Hand sanitizer system 100. According to one embodiment of the invention, the temperature sensor 103 is replaceable. According to one embodiment of the invention, the temperature sensor 103 is detachably attached the Smart Hand sanitizer system 100.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the camera 104 captures the image of the user. The information collected by the smart hand sanitiser system is stored over a cloud server 110. The smart hand sanitiser 100 device sends and receives the information from the cloud server.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the Smart sanitizer system 100 is operated and controlled from a remote location. A web based front end UX (User Interface) is used for remote operation of the Smart sanitizer system 100.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the smart sanitiser system 100 would notify the backend/administration module with respect any temperature measurements beyond the threshold limits. The smart sanitiser system 100 can be configured for repeat tests in case of extremely higher ranges and additional alerts to backend and administrative modules in such scenarios to identify and isolate the individual.

According to embodiment of the invention, the temperature information collected by the smart hand sanitiser system 100 is analysed to assess COVID symptoms of the user. The information collected by the smart hand sanitiser is analyzed by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

According to embodiment of the invention, smart hand sanitiser system includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) means. The radio frequency identification (RFID) means is in communication with the radio frequency identification (RFID) tag worn by the user and reads the information stored in the radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the proximity detector determines proximity of a person with respect to the detector.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the Smart sanitizer system 100 is a hand sanitizer system and is portable in nature.

FIG. 2 illustrates dispensing tube of Smart hand sanitizer with temperature sensor. As shown in FIG. 2, the smart sanitizer system 200 includes a dispensing tube 214, Signal TX (down) and Signal RX (up) 216, Li-ion batteries 218, power chord 220. The Smart Hand Sanitizer system 200 dispenses a fixed amount of sanitizer through the dispensing tube 214 of the sanitizer container 206 upon detecting the presence of the user’s hand 222. The dispensing tube 214 is present at the bottom side of the sanitizer container 206.

FIG. 3 illustrates the System Architecture of Smart hand sanitizer with temperature sensor. As shown in FIG. 3, information collected from one or more Smart Hand Sanitizer systems is transferred to a Gateway/ Server by using a wired or wireless network. The information from the Gateway/ Server is transferred to a Cloud server where the information is analysed and the processed information is displayed on a dashboard. For better and efficient processing of the data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms are used. Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms help to achieve faster and less expensive COVID-19 testing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps to track the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases, by detecting early warning signals such as clusters of symptoms in a new place.

In specific embodiments, the alarm sounds when the person fails to dispense antiseptic solution from the dispenser within a predetermined period of time after moving within a predetermined range of the detector. In some embodiments, the indication can be visual and/or audible.

In some embodiments, the Smart hand sanitiser device includes a temperature sensing device including at least a first contact type temperature sensing element determines body core temperature of a warm human based on an estimated skin temperature of the person which is computed based on temperature measurements obtained by the first sensing element. An infrared sensor capable of more highly accurately correcting an electrical signal converted by a light receiving unit is provided. An infrared sensor converts energy of infrared rays radiated from an object (for example, human body) to an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal. A compliance report may be generated based on data associated with one or more individuals use of the sanitizer dispenser(s) and infrared temperature sensor

Accordingly, the sanitizer dispensers are operable to record and report data related to employee compliance with such requirements.

In some embodiments, the medical probe may further comprise an electronic circuit coupled to the sensor and the proximity sensor, wherein the electronic circuit includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and storing software, And to execute the algorithm to process the signals from the sensors and the proximity sensors when executed. The electronic circuit may further include an output device coupled to the processor and configured to output the result of the algorithm.
The medical probe may further include an ambient temperature sensor electrically coupled to the electronic circuit and disposed external to the interior space such that when the software is executed by the processor, the signal from the sensor, the proximity sensor, and the ambient temperature sensor And to execute the algorithm for processing.

In some embodiments, dynamic demand management is achieved by providing required notifications to relevant teams.

It will be recognized that the above described subject matter may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the disclosure. Thus, it is understood that, the subject matter is not to be limited by the foregoing illustrative details, but it is rather to be defined by the appended claims.

While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the novel and inventive features of the invention, it is understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.
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WE CLAIM

1. A Smart Hand Sanitiser system (100) for sensing the temperature of a user (112) through AI algorithms, the Smart Hand Sanitizer system (100) comprising:
a) a sanitizer container (106) with a dispenser for dispensing the sanitizer;
b) a server (110) for storing the data collected by the smart sanitizer system (100);
c) a processor for processing the data collected by the smart sanitizer system (100);
d) a communication means for receiving and transferring the data;
e) a web based front end UX (User Experience) for remote management of the Smart Hand Sanitizer system (100);
f) a temperature sensor (103) for measuring the temperature of the user (112).

2. The Smart Hand Sanitizer system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the temperature sensor (103) is a non-contact temperature sensor.

3. The Smart Hand Sanitizer system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the temperature sensor (103) is a thermopile temperature sensor.

4. The Smart Hand Sanitiser system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the smart sanitiser (103) sends alerts to the administrative teams when the temperature of the user (112) exceeds the set range by audible or visual means.

5. The Smart Hand Sanitiser system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the smart sanitiser can be configured with respect to the temperature sensor (103) position based on the station installation location and ensuring the required coverage for sensing.

6. The Smart Hand Sanitiser system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the smart hand sanitiser (100) is configured with respect to threshold temperature range to be considered as normal.

7. The Smart Hand Sanitiser system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the smart hand sanitiser (100) would notify the backend/administration module with respect any temperature measurements beyond the threshold limits.

8. The Smart Hand Sanitiser system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the smart hand sanitiser system (100) is configured for repeat tests in case of extremely higher ranges and additional alerts to backend and administrative modules in such scenarios to identify and isolate the individual.

9. The Smart Hand Sanitiser system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the temperature information collected by the smart sanitiser is analysed to assess COVID symptoms of the user.

10. The Smart Hand Sanitizer system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Smart Hand Sanitizer system (100) along with the backend administrative modules will determine the usage of the dispensing station of individual across stations/buildings as applicable and will help to understand the probability of infection spread due to this movement.

Dated this the 19th May of 2020

Anugu Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy (IN/PA-2420)
Patent Agent for the Applicant