US 11,756,359 B2
Health and sanitation monitoring methods and systems for controlled access to a premises
Joseph M. Caldwell, Chanhassen, MN (US); Mark J. Moran, Woodbury, MN (US); Richard W. Kelley, II, Corcoran, MN (US); Marcus N. Schmidt, Minnetonka, MN (US); David E. Collins, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US); James Conlan, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Jason Pflaum, Wayzata, MN (US)
Assigned to Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed by Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/241,752.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/022,418, filed on May 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/016,281, filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0335072 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. G07C 9/25 (2020.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/25 (2020.01) [A61L 2/0088 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06K 19/06112 (2013.01); G07C 9/00563 (2013.01); G08B 21/245 (2013.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61L 2202/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kiosk, comprising:
a housing, comprising a hollow interior and a central opening defined horizontally through the housing;
a display screen provided to the housing and facing horizontally outward from the housing;
a thermal imaging sensor provided to the housing and located such that the thermal imaging sensor can read a body temperature of a person standing adjacent to the kiosk;
a user-facing camera provided to the housing and located such that the user-facing camera can capture an image of the person standing adjacent to the kiosk;
a dispenser nozzle provided to the housing and located such that a metered quantity of hand sanitizer can be dispensed on a hand of the person standing adjacent to the kiosk when the hand is placed in the central opening, and
a processor, memory and wireless transceiver disposed within the housing, the processor coupled to the memory, the wireless transceiver, the display screen, the user-facing camera and the thermal imaging sensor, wherein the processor is configured to execute software code stored in the memory to perform an evaluation of the person standing adjacent to the kiosk,
wherein the evaluation of the person standing adjacent to the kiosk comprises issuing a health query to the person standing adjacent to the kiosk and utilizing voice recognition to recognize a response to the health query by the person standing adjacent to the kiosk.