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 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,wherein the dispenser is a touchless dispenser for operation without touching by the hand of a user;
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 control mechanism to activate the dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet,the control mechanism requiring as one prerequisite to activate the dispensing mechanism that the hand sensing mechanism sensing that a user'"'"'s hand is within the desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet,a palm reader disposed to read an 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 further prerequisite to activate the dispensing mechanism 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 reasonably representative of an upwardly directed palm of a user'"'"'s hand.
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Abstract
An improved dispenser for dispensing fluid onto a hand including a thermometer to make a determination of the temperature of the hand.
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16 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 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, wherein the dispenser is a touchless dispenser for operation without touching by the hand of a user; 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 control mechanism to activate the dispensing mechanism to dispense material from the outlet, the control mechanism requiring as one prerequisite to activate the dispensing mechanism that the hand sensing mechanism sensing that a user'"'"'s hand is within the desired proximity of the outlet below the outlet, a palm reader disposed to read an 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 further prerequisite to activate the dispensing mechanism 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 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)
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12. 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 a 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 non-contact thermometer carried on the dispenser, calculating the temperature of the user'"'"'s hand, 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 and determining if the calculated temperature exceeds a pre-selected threshold temperature and if the calculated temperature exceeds the pre-selcected threshold temperature transmitting a warning signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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