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Dispenser with palm reader

  • US 8,397,949 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2012
  • Issued: 03/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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