US 12,233,179 B2
Systems and methods for autonomous sterilization
Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Potomac, MD (US); Joseph Putney, Waterford, VA (US); William Becker, Gaithersburg, MD (US); Steve Rotundo, Gaithersburg, MD (US); and Karl Nicholas Murphy, Cocoa Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Robotic Research OpCo, LLC, Clarksburg, MD (US)
Filed by Robotic Research, LLC, Clarksburg, MD (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/231,967.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/010,475, filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,040, filed on Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,455, filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322613 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 9/00 (2006.01); A62B 7/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G05B 9/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC A61L 2/24 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of autonomous and safe sterilization of a location, comprising:
acquiring, by an electronic sensor device, data descriptive of a location;
identifying, by an electronic processing device in communication with the electronic sensor device, a sanitizing process trigger;
computing, by an execution of coded logic by the electronic processing device, and based on an evaluation of the sanitizing process trigger, a determination that an autonomous sanitizing process should be initiated;
identifying, by the electronic processing device, a sanitizing process exception rule;
computing, by the execution of the coded logic by the electronic processing device, and based on an evaluation of the sanitizing process exception rule with respect to the data descriptive of the location, a determination that an exception exists;
identifying, by the electronic processing device and based on the determination that the exception exists, a safety measure;
actuating, by the electronic processing device, the safety measure; and
sterilizing, by a sterilization device in communication with the electronic processing device, at least one portion of the location.