Dispenser with palm reader
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1. A hand cleanser dispenser comprising:
- an outlet disposed to dispense fluid downwardly onto an upwardly directed palm of a user'"'"'s hand when the hand is within a desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet, spaced from contact with the outlet,a dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet when the dispensing mechanism is activated,a control mechanism to activate the dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet,a hand sensing mechanism to determine whether a user'"'"'s hand is underneath the outlet within the desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet,a palm reader disposed to read the upwardly directed palm of the user'"'"'s hand when the user'"'"'s hand is below the outlet,a palm reader sensing mechanism to determine whether the palm reader has sensed a user'"'"'s palm below the outlet,the control mechanism requiring as a prerequisite to activate the dispensing mechanism both the hand sensing mechanism sensing that a user'"'"'s hand is within the desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet and the palm reader sensing mechanism making a determination that the palm reader has sensed a user'"'"'s palm is below the outlet,the palm reader sensing a user'"'"'s palm is below the outlet when the palm reader receives an image representing an image which the control mechanism recognizes as a reasonably representative of an upwardly directed palm of a user'"'"'s hand.
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Abstract
A dispenser, more particularly, a hand cleaner dispenser incorporating a reader for a user'"'"'s hand in the form of a palm reader which avoids the need for contact between the user'"'"'s hand and the dispenser yet provides opportunity for the monitoring of usage including determining the identities of users.
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20 Claims
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1. A hand cleanser dispenser comprising:
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an outlet disposed to dispense fluid downwardly onto an upwardly directed palm of a user'"'"'s hand when the hand is within a desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet, spaced from contact with the outlet, a dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet when the dispensing mechanism is activated, a control mechanism to activate the dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet, a hand sensing mechanism to determine whether a user'"'"'s hand is underneath the outlet within the desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet, a palm reader disposed to read the upwardly directed palm of the user'"'"'s hand when the user'"'"'s hand is below the outlet, a palm reader sensing mechanism to determine whether the palm reader has sensed a user'"'"'s palm below the outlet, the control mechanism requiring as a prerequisite to activate the dispensing mechanism both the hand sensing mechanism sensing that a user'"'"'s hand is within the desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet and the palm reader sensing mechanism making a determination that the palm reader has sensed a user'"'"'s palm is below the outlet, the palm reader sensing a user'"'"'s palm is below the outlet when the palm reader receives an image representing an image which the control mechanism recognizes as a reasonably representative of an upwardly directed palm of a user'"'"'s hand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method dispensing material onto a person'"'"'s hand comprising:
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placing a user'"'"'s hand such that an upwardly directed palm of the user'"'"'s hand is disposed under a fluid outlet from which fluid is to be dispensed, sensing with the hand sensor that the palm of the user'"'"'s hand is underneath the outlet within a desired proximity of the outlet, after sensing with the hand sensor that the hand is proximate the outlet in the desired proximity activating a palm reader disposed to read the upwardly directed palm of the user'"'"'s hand when the user'"'"'s hand is below the outlet to determine whether the palm reader senses a user'"'"'s palm below the outlet, and if the palm reader senses a user'"'"'s palm is below the outlet by the palm reader receives an image representing an image which a control mechanism recognizes as a reasonably representative of an upwardly directed palm of a user'"'"'s hand, then dispensing material from the outlet for a period of time in a manner that the material will engage the palm of the user'"'"'s hand underneath the outlet within the desired proximity of the outlet. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A hand cleanser dispenser comprising:
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a fluid outlet disposed to dispense fluid onto a user'"'"'s hand when the hand is within a desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet spaced from contact with the outlet, a dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet when the dispensing mechanism is activated, a control mechanism to activate the dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet, a hand sensing mechanism to determine whether a user'"'"'s hand is near the outlet within the desired proximity of the outlet, a palm reader disposed to read the palm of the user'"'"'s hand when the user'"'"'s hand is proximate the outlet, a palm reader sensing mechanism to determine whether the palm reader has sensed a user'"'"'s palm, the control mechanism requiring as a prerequisite to activate the dispensing mechanism both the hand sensing mechanism sensing that a user'"'"'s hand is within the desired proximity of the outlet and the palm reader sensing mechanism making a determination that the palm reader has sensed a user'"'"'s palm proximate the outlet, the palm reader sensing a user'"'"'s palm is proximate the outlet when the palm reader receives an image representing an image which the control mechanism recognizes as a reasonably representative of an upwardly directed palm of a user'"'"'s hand. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A hand cleanser dispenser comprising:
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an outlet disposed to dispense fluid downwardly onto an upwardly directed palm of a user'"'"'s hand when the hand is within a desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet, spaced from contact with the outlet, a dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet when the dispensing mechanism is activated, a non-contact thermometer carried on the dispenser to calculate the temperature of the user'"'"'s hand when the user'"'"'s hand is below the outlet spaced from contact with the outlet.
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