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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Stephen Hollock, Gloucestershire, GB;
Neil Johnson, Northampton, GB;
Nicola Cross, Northampton, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of monitoring hand washing by individuals comprises monitoring the movements of individuals in an area using one or more sensors, identifying the performance of an act by an individual that requires the hands of the individual to be washed and determining whether the hands of the individual are washed after the performance of the act, wherein the determining includes tracking the motion of that individual using the one or more sensors. Sensors comprising arrays of thermal detectors are preferred, but other types of sensor could be included.