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Dispenser with palm reader

  • US 20110017769A1
  • Filed: 07/22/2009
  • Published: 01/27/2011
  • 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 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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