US 12,357,718 B2
Image processing device and image processing method
Dong Hoon Lee, Seoul (KR); and Jae Min You, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to MEDIT CORP., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/025,983
Filed by MEDIT CORP., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/012719
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/060133, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0119770 (KR), filed on Sep. 17, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0123166 (KR), filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0355819 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/28 (2006.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01)
CPC A61L 2/24 (2013.01) [A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/28 (2013.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.05); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld scanner comprising:
one or more UVC LED elements; and
a processor configured to execute one or more instructions,
wherein the processor is further configured to, by executing the one or more instructions:
control the one or more UVC LED elements to be turned on in response to detecting a first event; and
control the one or more UVC LED elements to be turned off in response to detecting a second event while the one or more UVC LED elements are turned on,
wherein an interior surface of a frame of the handheld scanner and a surface of at least one component inside the frame are made of reflective materials, and
UVC emitted by the one or more UVC LED elements is reflected by the reflective materials into the interior of the frame, sterilizing at least one of the air inside the handheld scanner, the surfaces of the at least one component included within the handheld scanner, and the interior surface of the frame of the handheld scanner.