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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Washsense Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Andrew Felch, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Boyd, Clearlake, CA (US);
John Bessire, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alex Movitz, Oxford, MS (US);
Connor Dahlberg, Springfield, MO (US);
WashSense, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing hand-washing compliance can include: sensing a user's hand-wash motions; estimating hand-wash scrubs per minute based on the user's hand-wash motions; counting a total hand-wash scrubs based on the user's hand-wash motions; estimating hand-wash vigor based on the user's hand-wash motions; calculating a hand-wash score based on the hand-wash vigor; displaying the hand-wash vigor, the total hand-wash scrubs, and the hand-wash scrubs per minute on a display; and displaying a timer that counts down based on the hand-wash vigor.