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Kitchen Sanitization Compliance Monitoring System

  • US 20130113619A1
  • Filed: 10/22/2012
  • Published: 05/09/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A kitchen sanitization compliance monitoring system for a commercial kitchen environment having food prep tables, comprising:

  • badges wearable by persons, said badges having indicia representing a first-state indicating a sanitary compliant condition of the person, a second-state representing a cautionary state indicating the person'"'"'s contact with a first food or area, and a third-state representing an unsanitary state indicating the person'"'"'s contact with a second food or area after contact with, and different from, a first food or area, said badges also having a wireless transmitter/receiver for communicating an identification signal unique to a single badge, and the current state of the badge;

    food prep table beacons, each associated with a different respective food prep table or area, each prep table beacon having a transmitter/receiver capable of wirelessly communicating with said badges;

    dispenser beacons, each associated with a sanitization dispenser, and having a transmitter/receiver capable of wirelessly communicating with said badges; and

    wherein a badge in said first-state changes to said second-state when located in a certain proximity to a food prep table beacon, and transmits a status change signal indicating such first-to-second-state change to the food prep table beacon with the badge identification signal;

    wherein a badge in said second-state changes to said third-state when located in a certain proximity to a food prep table beacon different from the food prep table beacon which caused the badge to change from the first-state to the second-state, and transmits a status signal indicating such second-to-third-state change to the food prep table beacon with the badge identification signal, andwherein a dispenser beacon causes a badge to change from the second-state or third-state to the first-state when the person has performed a sanitization procedure at a sanitization dispenser beacon.

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