METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAINTAINING A HEALTHY BUILDING

• Main Authors: Jahagirdar, Manik, Hanumegowda, Bhavya, Eswara, Lalitha M, Dhamija, Vijay, Chaurasia, Jitendra Sitaram, Dhayalan, Sivasanthanam, Pham, Hai, Kalirajan, ArunManikanda, Karmakar, Sheeladitya, Salgar, Mayur, Shaik, Ismaiel, Balasubramanian, Mourian, KC, Govindaraju
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.12.2023
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTING; COUNTING; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIATION PYROMETRY; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; TESTING; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS

Methods and systems for maintaining a healthy building. In one example, an access card reader for controlling access to a secure area may comprise a card reader for reading an access card identifier from an access card presented by a user, a touchless thermal sensor for sensing a skin temperature of the user, a memory, and a controller operatively coupled to the card reader, the touchless thermal sensor and the memory. In response to a user presenting an access card to the card reader, the controller may be configured to store in the memory the access card identifier read by the card reader along with a corresponding skin temperature of the user. In another example, a system may be configured to perform contact tracing when an occupant has been identified as displaying signs of an illness