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Smart cleaning system

US11631279B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateSep 13, 2021
Grant dateApr 18, 2023
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B30/70
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for automatically cleaning a portion of an environment. One of the methods includes detecting movement of a person within a physical environment; determining that one or more threshold criteria for cleaning at least a portion of the physical environment are satisfied; detecting one or more areas of the physical environment with cleanliness levels that satisfy a threshold cleanliness level; determining that the portion of the physical environment for which the threshold criteria are satisfied likely was insufficiently cleaned; and in response to determining that the portion of the physical environment for which the threshold criteria are satisfied likely was insufficiently cleaned, sending an instruction to a device in the physical environment to cause the device to present a notification that identifies the portion of the physical environment that likely was insufficiently cleaned.

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