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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2023
Dupont Electronics, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Wei Wu, Hockessin, DE (US);
Gregory Scott Blackman, Media, PA (US);
Barry D. Olson, Buffalo, NY (US);
Timothy S. Wyant, Cheektowaga, NY (US);
Fazel Zare Bidoky, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael R. Moseley, New Castle, DE (US);
DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a self-sanitizing structure and method of forming the same, where the self-sanitizing structure includes a body having a contact surface that can be contacted by a person, along with an energy source formed as an array of addressable energy sources. The energy source generates electromagnetic radiation and directs the electromagnetic radiation through the body to the contact surface. The body scatters the electromagnetic radiation and passes it through the body to the contact surface in a manner that maintains the scattered electromagnetic radiation that reaches the contact surface as sanitizing electromagnetic radiation at or above a minimum irradiance level that neutralizes infectious agents. A sensor system generates touch data in response to the contact surface being touched, and a controller uses the touch data to control the addressable energy sources.