[0001] The present disclosure relates to incorporate technological additions or changes to the existent vehicles operating in the shared mobility platform to curb possibility of transmission of diseases between co-passengers and to facilitate disinfection process for vehicles.

BACKGROUND
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] The shared mobility sector in the world has grown manifold ever since its entrance in the world market. Shared-use mobility facilitates short-term access to various modes: public transit, carsharing, bikesharing, car- and vanpooling, on-demand ride services (such as Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar), and shuttle services (such as RidePal, Genentech, Google, and Facebook shuttles). It is a form of mobility solution that is cost effective, fast and is expected to be one of the biggest sectors in the transportation segment. However, this shared segment can spell trouble for health and hygiene of individuals. Considering that these shared spaces can be used by more than hundreds in a day, researchers state that these shared spaces can be breeding zones for contaminants such as virus and bacteria. Further, the 2019-20 covid-19 pandemics will have a deep and profound impact on how users consider shared mobility for transport.
[0004] Considering that shared mobility is susceptible to greater physical contact between large number of unknown users, customers will be hesitant to use such forms of transport.
[0005] Hence, it is the need of the hour to devise solutions to fine tune already existent forms of shared mobility to incorporate protection mechanisms that can reduce possibility of transmission of disease between users
[0006] The proposed solution devises technological improvements and/or changes on already existent forms of shared mobility to safeguard the interest of health of the users.
[0007] All publications herein are incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. Where a definition or use of a term in an incorporated reference is inconsistent or contrary to the definition of that term provided herein, the definition of that term provided herein applies and the definition of that term in the reference does not apply.
[0008] In some embodiments, the numbers expressing quantities of ingredients, properties such as concentration, reaction conditions, and so forth, used to describe and claim certain embodiments of the invention are to be understood as being modified in some instances by the term “about.” Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters set forth in the written description and attached claims are approximations that can vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by a particular embodiment. In some embodiments, the numerical parameters should be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of some embodiments of the invention are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as practicable. The numerical values presented in some embodiments of the invention may contain certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in their respective testing measurements.
[0009] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0010] The recitation of ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each individual value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. All methods described herein can be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g. “such as”) provided with respect to certain embodiments herein is intended merely to better illuminate the invention and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element essential to the practice of the invention.
[0011] Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each group member can be referred to and claimed individually or in any combination with other members of the group or other elements found herein. One or more members of a group can be included in, or deleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or patentability. When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is herein deemed to contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written description of all Markush groups used in the appended claims.

OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0012] Accordingly, the objective of the present invention is to bring technological improvements and/or changes on already existent forms of shared mobility to safeguard the interest of health of the users and to curb transmission of diseases.
[0013] Another objective of the present disclosure is the creation of sufficient barriers to prevent physical contact with co-passengers to bring confidence to the public to use shared mobility.
[0014] An object of the present disclosure is to provide for a system and device that enables an IoT Layer to facilitate operation and monitoring of the light based sanitization devices remotely and automatically.

SUMMARY
[0015] The present disclosure relates to incorporate technological additions or changes to the existent vehicles operating in the shared mobility platform to curb possibility of transmission of diseases between co-passengers and to facilitate disinfection process for vehicles.
[0016] The present disclosure provides a sanitization system for disinfecting an interior space. The system may include one or more screens configured at predefined seating positions associated with one or more first users inside a vehicle. The predefined seating position may prevent physical contact between the one or more first users and a second user. Each screen configured at the predefined seating position associated with a first user may form a compartment. The system may further include one or more sanitization modules that may include one or more light based sources attached to each compartment. The one or more sanitization modules may be further communicatively coupled to a computing device associated with the one or more first users. The computing device may include a processor coupled to the one or more light based sources, the processor further coupled with an on-board memory unit that stores instructions which when executed by the processor causes the one or more sanitization modules to activate the one or more light based sources to emit light based rays for disinfection to sanitize the compartment before the first user gets on-board.
[0017] In an embodiment, the seating positions may be re-arranged to ensure minimum contact with the one or more users.
[0018] In an embodiment, a predefined space may be made beneath a seat of the second user to provide a predefined leg room for a first user in the first row of the vehicle.
[0019] In an embodiment, the one or more screens may be made of light weight material of a predefined dimension, so as to fit appropriately in the vehicle.
[0020] In an embodiment, the one or more sanitization modules may be communicatively coupled to a computing device associated with the one or more first users.
[0021] In an embodiment, the one or more light based sources may be placed at predefined positions such that the light based rays for disinfection may be emitted towards any area susceptible for human touch.
[0022] In an embodiment, the one or more light based sources may be operated and monitored through the computing device associated with the second user, wherein the second user may activate the one or more sanitization modules when a first user has deboarded.
[0023] In an embodiment, a notification may be sent to an upcoming first user that the seating position may be disinfected and safe.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0024] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.
[0025] In the figures, similar components and/or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label with a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If only the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label.
[0026] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary network architecture in which or with which the sanitization system of the present disclosure can be implemented, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0027] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary representation of system or a centralized server, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0028] In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, various specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present disclosure. It will be apparent, however, that embodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. Several features described hereafter can each be used independently of one another or with any combination of other features. An individual feature may not address all of the problems discussed above or might address only some of the problems discussed above. Some of the problems discussed above might not be fully addressed by any of the features described herein.
[0029] The ensuing description provides exemplary embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the disclosure. Rather, the ensuing description of the exemplary embodiments will provide those skilled in the art with an enabling description for implementing an exemplary embodiment. It should be understood that various changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth.
[0030] The present disclosure provides for incorporating structural changes in the interiors of the vehicles to minimize risk. Further, sanitization systems may be configured to disinfect seats before every new passenger is on-boarded.
[0031] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, FIG. 1 illustrates a light based sanitisation system (110) (also referred to as light based system (110) or simply as the system (110), hereinafter) for disinfecting an interior space of an entity (108), such as an interior space of vehicles but not limited to the like. As illustrated, the computing devices (104-1, 104-2…104-N) may be associated with one or more users (102-1, 102-2... 102-N) (individually referred to as the user 102, and collectively referred to as the users 102, hereinafter). The computing devices 104-1, 104-2…104-N (individually referred to as the computing device (104), and collectively referred to as the computing devices (104), hereinafter) may be communicatively coupled to the system (110) or a centralised server (112) through a network (106). In an embodiment, the system (110) can be implemented using any or a combination of hardware components and software components such as a cloud, a server, a computing system, a user device, a network device and the like. Examples of the computing device (104) can include, but not limited to, a smart phone, a portable computer, a personal digital assistant, a handheld device, a standalone unit, and the like. Examples of an entity (108) may include, a vehicle, a closed room, a restaurant, but not limited to the like.
[0032] Further, the network (106) can be a wireless network, a wired network or a combination thereof that can be implemented as one of the different types of networks, such as Intranet, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Internet, Bluetooth and the like. Further, the network (106) can either be a dedicated network or a shared network. The shared network can represent an association of the different types of networks that can use variety of protocols, for example, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and the like.
[0033] The system (110) may include one or more screens configured at predefined seating positions associated with one or more first users (102) inside a vehicle (108). The predefined seating position may prevent physical contact between the one or more first users (102) and a second user (114). Each screen configured at the predefined seating position associated with a first user (102) may form a compartment. The system (110) may further include one or more sanitization modules that may include one or more light based sources attached to each compartment. The one or more sanitization modules may be further communicatively coupled to a first computing device (104) associated with the one or more first users (102) and a second computing device (116) associated with the second user (114). The system (110) may include a processor (202) (from FIG. 2) coupled to the one or more light based sources, the processor (202) further coupled with a memory (204) that stores instructions which when executed by the processor causes the one or more sanitization modules to activate the one or more light based sources to emit light based rays for disinfection to sanitize the compartment before the first user (102) gets on-board.
[0034] In an aspect, the sanitization system (110) may include one or more light based sources. In an exemplary embodiment, the one or more light based sources may include one or ultraviolet (UV) sources such as UV LEDs, UV bulbs and the like, light sources with 275nm or 405nm wavelength and blue light but not limited to the like.
[0035] In an exemplary embodiment, the one or more first users (102) correspond to passengers and co-passengers in a vehicle and the second user (114) correspond to a driver of the vehicle.
[0036] In an embodiment, the seating positions may be re-arranged to ensure minimum contact with the one or more users. In an embodiment, a predefined space may be made beneath a seat of the second user to provide a predefined leg room for a first user in the first row of the vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, in a way of example and not as a limitation, if necessary, the seats of the vehicle may be re-configured to ensure that there is minimum contact between co-passengers. Further, necessary space to be made beneath the driver seat to ensure that the first row passengers have adequate leg room.
[0037] In an embodiment, the one or more screens may be made of light weight material of a predefined dimension. In an exemplary embodiment, as a way of example and not as a limitation, the one or more light weight screens installed act as physical barriers. The light weight screens can be configured at appropriate positions to minimize physical contact between the passengers and the driver. The screens can be of any light weight material and the dimensions shall entirely depend on the particular embodiment. Depending on the vehicle and the model, the screens shall be configured in such a manner to prevent any physical contact between co-passengers and drivers.
[0038] In an embodiment, the one or more sanitization modules may be communicatively coupled to the first computing device (104) associated with the one or more first users (102).
[0039] In an embodiment, the one or more light based sources may be placed at predefined positions such that the light based rays for disinfection may be emitted towards any area susceptible for human touch.
[0040] In an embodiment, the one or more light based sources may be operated and monitored through the computing device associated with the second user, wherein the second user may activate the one or more sanitization modules when a first user has deboarded.
[0041] In an embodiment, a notification may be sent to the first computing device of an upcoming first user (102) that the seating position may be disinfected and safe. In an exemplary embodiment, the light based sources can be operated and monitored via an app or from the server by Internet of things (IOT) integration. This helps the driver to engage disinfection before a passenger is on-boarded as well as lets an upcoming passenger know the seat which has been disinfected and safe to sit.
[0042] In an embodiment, the system (110) may be communicatively coupled to a computing device (104) associated with a second user (102) to control and monitor the system (110). In an exemplary embodiment, the system (110) may include an IoT communication layer to control and monitor the system (110) remotely. The communication may also be ensured to a cloud based centralized server (112) through the network (106) such as GSM, or any preferred network channels, in a machine to machine communication mode (M2M) and the like to facilitate monitoring and operation of the system (110) via the cloud based centralized server (112) and may help ensure safety precautions are taken care of.
[0043] In an embodiment, the one or more light based sources may be placed in a plurality of locations inside the interior space so as to cover maximum space of the interior. In an exemplary embodiment, in a way of example and not as a limitation, the system (110) may also involve configuring light based sources on each compartment of the passenger (102) to ensure disinfection before each passenger (102) is onboarded. The light based sources can be placed at a position suitable to ensure that the rays can emit towards the seat, window, head rest, door knob if any, and all areas to susceptible for human touch.
[0044] In an aspect, the centralised server (112) can be a cloud based server and the like.
[0045] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary representation of system (110) or a centralized server (112), in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0046] As illustrated, the system (110) or the centralised server (112) can include one or more processor(s) (202). The one or more processor(s) (202) can be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate data based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the one or more processor(s) (202) are configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (204). The on board memory unit (204) can store one or more computer-readable instructions or routines, which may be fetched and executed to create or share the data units over a network service. The memory (204) can include any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile memory such as RAM, or non-volatile memory such as EPROM, flash memory, and the like.
[0047] The system (110) can also include an interface(s) (206). The interface(s) (206) may include a variety of interfaces, for example, interfaces for data input and output devices, referred to as I/O devices, storage devices, and the like. The interface(s) (206) may facilitate communication of the system (110) with various devices coupled to the system (110). The interface(s) (206) may also provide a communication pathway for one or more components of the system (110). Examples of such components include, but are not limited to, processing unit(s) (208) and database (210).
[0048] The processing engine(s) (208) can be implemented as a combination of hardware and programming (for example, programmable instructions) to implement one or more functionalities of the processing engine(s) (208). In examples described herein, such combinations of hardware and programming may be implemented in several different ways. For example, the programming for the processing engine(s) (208) may be processor executable instructions stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and the hardware for the processing engine(s) (208) may include a processing resource (for example, one or more processors), to execute such instructions. In the present examples, the machine-readable storage medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processing resource, implement the processing engine(s) (208). In such examples, the system (110) can include the machine-readable storage medium storing the instructions and the processing resource to execute the instructions, or the machine-readable storage medium may be separate but accessible to the system (110) and the processing resource. In other examples, the processing engine(s) (208) may be implemented by electronic circuitry. The database (210) can include data that can be either stored or generated as a result of functionalities implemented by any of the components of the processing engine(s) (208).
[0049] In an example, the processing engine(s) (208) can include a signal acquisition engine (212), a decision-making engine (214), and other engine(s) (216). The other engines(s) (216) can implement functionalities that supplement applications or functions performed by the system (110) or the processing engine(s) (208).
[0050] The signal acquisition engine (212) may receive signals associated with activation of the one or more sanitization modules and the decision making engine (214) may activate the light based sources to emit light based rays for disinfection to sanitise the seating positions once a first user (102) has deboarded. To enable data acquisition over cloud server to ensure traceability of device, process and to manage required communication with intended one or more users, the decision making engine (214) may further send a notification to the first computing device (104) of an upcoming first user (102) that the seating position may be disinfected and safe. The decision making engine (214) may also take instruction from external sources such as sensors, door controls or third party software or APIs. The decision making engine (214) may further enable the device (100) to take instruction from predictive data modelling.
[0051] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.
ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0052] The present disclosure provides for a system that facilitates technological improvements and/or changes on already existent forms of shared mobility to safeguard the interest of health of the users and to curb transmission of diseases.
[0053] The present disclosure provides for a system that facilitates the creation of sufficient barriers to prevent physical contact with co-passengers to bring confidence to the public to use shared mobility.

WE CLAIM

A sanitization system for disinfecting an interior space, said system comprising:
one or more screens, said one or more screens are configured at predefined seating positions associated with one or more first users inside a vehicle, wherein the predefined positions prevent physical contact between the one or more first users and a second user, wherein each screen configured at said predefined seating position associated with a first user comprise a compartment;
one or more sanitization modules, said one or more sanitizations modules comprising one or more light based sources attached to each said compartment, and
wherein the one or more sanitization modules are communicatively coupled to a processor coupled to the one or more light based sources, said processor further coupled with a memory, wherein said memory stores instructions which when executed by the processor causes the one or more sanitization modules to:
activate the one or more light based sources to emit light based rays for disinfection to sanitize the compartment before the first user gets on-board.
2. The system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the seating positions are re-arranged to ensure minimum contact with the one or more users.
3. The system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein a predefined space is made beneath a seat of the second user to provide a predefined leg room for a first user in the first row of the vehicle.
4. The system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the one or more screens are made of light weight material of a predefined dimension.
5. The system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the one or more sanitization modules are communicatively coupled to a computing device associated with the one or more first users
6. The system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the one or more light based sources are placed at predefined positions such that the light based rays for disinfection are emitted towards any area susceptible for human touch.
7. The system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the one or more light based sources are operated and monitored through the computing device associated with the second user, wherein the second user activates the one or more sanitization modules when a first user has deboarded.
8. The system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein a notification is sent to an upcoming first user that the seating position is disinfected and safe.