US 12,141,957 B2
Methods and system for performance assessment of cleaning operations
Jan Sanders, Zaventem (BE); Fernanda Furtado de Melo Albino, Monheim am Rhein (DE); Sabine Swoboda, Langenfeld (DE); Sebastian Niebur, Moenchengladbach (DE); Nadine Göhring, Cologne (DE); Ann Mangskau, St. Louis Park, MN (US); Carola Stingl, Dusseldorf (DE); Daniel D. Anderson, Eagan, MN (US); Florian M. Witt, Wentorf (DE); Christian Lührs, Hamburg (DE); Andreas Krohn, Hamburg (DE); and Marc Delling, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/497,625.
Application 16/987,868 is a division of application No. 16/148,628, filed on Oct. 1, 2018, granted, now 10,762,617, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application 18/497,625 is a continuation of application No. 17/812,904, filed on Jul. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,803,957.
Application 17/812,904 is a continuation of application No. 16/987,868, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,393,083, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/567,687, filed on Oct. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0062357 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/28 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 7/0004 (2013.01) [A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2/28 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 21/8483 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7759 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging box for use in an image capture procedure for performance assessment of cleaning operations, the imaging box comprising:
a housing defined by a front surface and a back surface and forming an interior cavity, the front surface having a receptacle configured to receive a mobile device,
a removable insert defining at least one camera aperture configured to correspond to a position of a camera lens of a camera of the mobile device when the mobile device is received within the receptacle, wherein:
the front surface further defines an insert aperture configured to receive the removable insert,
the back surface defines a test strip slot configured to receive and hold a chemical test strip comprising a carrier and an indicator in a substantially flat position, and
the back surface further defines a test strip aperture configured to correspond to a position of the chemical test strip when received into the test strip slot, such that an image of the chemical test strip may be captured by the camera of the mobile device when the chemical test strip is inserted into the test strip slot such that the indicator is facing the interior cavity of the housing.