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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Ramesh Lingala, Telangana, IN;
Ganesh Kumar Malthurkar, Telangana, IN;
Vasudevan Raghavan, Telangana, IN;
Yuri Novozhenets, Pittsford, NY (US);
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring and controlling a cleanliness of a space including: monitoring a distance of one or more individuals relative to an object within the space using a space monitoring system; determining when the distance is less than a selected distance; determining a number of the one or more individuals within the selected distance of object; determining a duration that the one or more individuals are within the selected distance of the object; and determining that the object requires a cleaning when at least one of: the number of the one or more individuals within the selected distance of object exceeds a threshold number, or the duration that the one or more individuals are within the selected distance of the object exceeds a threshold time.