US 12,390,548 B2
System and method for protecting a workspace from airborne contaminants
Mehrdad Michael Hoghooghi, Ellicott City, MD (US); Hamidreza Abbass-Movahedi, Hollister, CA (US); Parsa Amir-Mansour Hoghooghi, Ellicott City, MD (US); and Hunyeh Neda Hoghooghi, Ellicott City, MD (US)
Filed by Mehrdad Michael Hoghooghi, Ellicott City, MD (US); Hamidreza Abbass-Movahedi, Hollister, CA (US); Parsa Amir-Mansour Hoghooghi, Ellicott City, MD (US); and Hunyeh Neda Hoghooghi, Ellicott City, MD (US)
Filed on May 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/302,874.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,103, filed on May 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353818 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 9/20 (2006.01); A61L 9/14 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/44 (2006.01); B01D 46/46 (2006.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 110/64 (2018.01)
CPC A61L 9/20 (2013.01) [A61L 9/14 (2013.01); B01D 46/0028 (2013.01); B01D 46/0086 (2013.01); B01D 46/448 (2013.01); B01D 46/46 (2013.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); A61L 2209/111 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); B01D 2279/50 (2013.01); F24F 2110/64 (2018.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for protecting a workspace from airborne contaminants, the system comprising:
at least one camera positioned within the workspace and adapted to capture a sensing data associated with the workspace;
an air transmission unit adapted to direct a unidirectional flow of air;
an air capturing unit adapted to receive the unidirectional flow of air directed from the air transmission unit;
one or more devices configured to operate within the workspace;
a memory configured to:
store operating profiles associated with each of the one or more devices, wherein the operating profiles comprise an operating state of each of the one or more devices; and
store a positional information of each associated capture zone for each operating profile; and
a processor operatively coupled to the at least one camera, the air transmission unit, the air capturing unit, and the one or more devices, and the memory, the processor being configured to:
receive the sensing data associated with the workspace from the at least one camera;
determine presence of at least one source of transmission of the airborne contaminants in the workspace based on the received sensing data;
define the positional information of a capture zone within the workspace based on the determined at least one source of transmission of the airborne contaminants, the capture zone being an area suspected to be infected with the airborne contaminants transmitted from the determined at least one source of transmission of the airborne contaminants in the workspace;
determine an operating state of each of the one or more devices;
compare the operating state of each of the one or more devices to the stored operational profiles in the memory to determine the current operational profile;
change the positional information of the capture zone based on the stored positional information of each associated capture zone for the current operating profile;
determine the operating state of each of the one or more devices in the workspace;
control the air transmission unit to direct the unidirectional flow of air over the capture zone, thereby directing movement of the airborne contaminants in the capture zone; and
control the air capturing unit to capture the unidirectional flow of air, along with the airborne contaminants, directed from the air transmission unit.