WO2018140072A1

WO2018140072A1 - System and method for detecting contaminents on contamined bedding and pillows

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Publication number: WO2018140072A1
Application number: PCT/US2017/033287
Authority: WO
Inventors: Sherman TANNER
Original assignee: Tanner Sherman
Priority date: 2017-01-25
Filing date: 2017-05-18
Publication date: 2018-08-02

Abstract

A system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows is disclosed. The system to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows includes a server system, a detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app and a client system, the client system is adapted to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows data and the server system is adapted to download the detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app onto the client system. A biological residue left on the contaminated bedding and pillows is detected with the ultraviolet light source which indicates blood residue or semen residue on the contaminated bedding and pillows.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTAMINENTS ON CONTAMINED

BEDDING AND PILLOWS

By Sherman Tanner

CROSS- REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001 ] The present PCT patent application claims priority benefit of the U.S. Utility 15/415,773 entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTAMINENTS ON CONTAMINED BEDDING AND PILLOWS" filed on 25-JAN- under 35 USC 1 1 1 (a). The contents of this related Utility application are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes to the extent that such subject matter is not inconsistent herewith or limiting hereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF THE INVENTION:

[0002] The present invention relates to a system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated objects. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART:

[0003] Often when traveling and staying in a hotel or motel, it's impossible to detect any contamination on bedding and pillows such as blood, semen, urine, saliva, or other contaminants. This can be very unsettling especially if children are sleeping on the potentially contaminated bedroom sheets and bedspreads. [0004] Without advanced detecting equipment and techniques such as forensic detecting equipment and techniques, it's simply not convenient or possible to detect these contaminants.

[0005] What is needed is a system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows to detect any contamination on bedding and pillows such as blood, semen, urine, saliva, or other contaminants.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0006] The present invention relates to a system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated objects. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows.

[0007] The system for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows includes a server system with a processor system, a communications interface, a communications system, an input system and an output system, the server system having access to a communications network, a memory system with an operating system, a communications module, a web browser module, a web server application and a detect contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app, the detect contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app resides on the memory system and includes a plurality of detected contaminated bedding and pillows data, the processor system is in communication with the memory system via the communications system and a client system adapted to detect contaminated bedding and pillows data and the server system is adapted to download the detect contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app onto the client system. [0008] The method for detecting contaminated bedding and pillows includes the steps of downloading a detecting contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app onto a cell phone with an operating system with a camera, integrating an ultraviolet light source into a camera app of the cell phone with an operating system and adapting the ultraviolet light source to scan the contaminated bedding and pillows, the ultraviolet light source indicating where the contaminated bedding and pillows are contaminated.

[0009] A non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute a method comprising the steps of downloading a detecting contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app onto a cell phone with an operating system with a camera, integrating an ultraviolet light source into a camera app of the cell phone with an operating system and adapting the ultraviolet light source to scan the contaminated bedding and pillows, the ultraviolet light source indicating where the contaminated bedding and pillows are contaminated.

[0010] It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows that includes an ultraviolet light source integrated into a camera app of the cell phone with an operating system.

[001 1 ] It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows that includes an ultraviolet light source that is activated as a constant light source and adapted to scan the contaminated bedding and pillows.

[0012] It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows that detects a biological residue left on the contaminated bedding and pillows with the ultraviolet light source. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] The present invention will be described by way of exemplary embodiments, but not limitations, illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like references denote similar elements, and in which:

[0014] FIG. 1 illustrates a system overview of a system to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 2A illustrates a block diagram of a server system, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] FIG. 2B illustrates a block diagram of a client system, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

[0017] FIG. 3 illustrates an overhead view of a rear facing of a cell phone with an operating system, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

[0018] Various aspects of the illustrative embodiments will be described using terms commonly employed by those skilled in the art to convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced with only some of the described aspects. For purposes of explanation, specific numbers, materials, and configurations are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the illustrative embodiments. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without the specific details. In other instances, well-known features are omitted or simplified in order not to obscure the illustrative embodiments. [0019] Various operations will be described as multiple discrete operations, in turn, in a manner that is most helpful in understanding the present invention however the order of description should not be construed as to imply that these operations are necessarily order dependent. These operations need not be performed in the order of presentation.

[0020] The phrase "in one embodiment" is used repeatedly. The phrase generally does not refer to the same embodiment, however, it may. The terms "comprising", "having" and "including" are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise.

[0021 ] FIG. 1 illustrates a system overview of a system 100 to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] The system 100 may include a server system 104, an input system 106, an output system 108, a communications network 1 12 and a handheld or mobile device 122. In other embodiments, the system 100 may include additional components and/or may not include all the components listed above.

[0023] The server system 104 may include one or more servers. One server 104 may be the property of the distributor of any related software or non-transitory storage media. In other embodiments, the system 100 may include additional components and/or may not include all the components listed above.

[0024] The input system 106 may be utilized for entering input into the server system 104, and may include any one of, some of, any combination of, or all of a keyboard system, a mouse system, a track ball system, a track pad system, a plurality of buttons on a handheld system, a mobile system, a scanner system, a wireless receiver, a microphone system, a connection to a sound system, and/or a connection and/or an interface system to a computer system, an intranet, and/or the Internet (i.e., IrDA, USB).

[0025] The output system 108 may be utilized for receiving output from the server system 104, and may include any one of, some of, any combination of or all a monitor system, a wireless transmitter, a handheld display system, a mobile display system, a printer system, a speaker system, a connection or an interface system to a sound system, an interface system to one or more peripheral devices and/or a connection and/or an interface system to a computer system, an intranet, and/or the Internet.

[0026] The system 100 may illustrate some of the variations of the manners of connecting to the server system 104, which may be a website (FIG. 2B, 316) such as an information providing website or other suitable type of website. The server system 104 may be directly connected and/or wirelessly connected to the communications network 1 12. Client systems 120 may be connected to the server system 104 via the communications network 1 12. The communications network 1 12 may be any one of, or any combination of, one or more local area networks or LANs, wide area networks or WANs, wireless networks, telephone networks, the Internet, and/or other networks. The communications network 1 12 may include one or more wireless portals.

[0027] The client system 120 may be a handheld or a mobile wireless device 122, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a handheld network-enabled audio/music player, which may also be utilized for accessing network content. The client system 120 may be a cell phone with an operating system or SMARTPHONE® 124 or a tablet computer with an operating system or IPAD® 126 or other suitable client system. [0028] FIG. 2A illustrates a block diagram of a server system 200, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] The server system 200 may include an output system 230, an input system 240 and a memory system 250, which may store an operating system 251 , a communications module 252, a web browser module 253, a web server application 254 and a detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app 255. The server system 200 may also include a processor system 260, a communications interface 270, a communications system 275 and an input/output system 280. In other embodiments, the server system 200 may include additional components and/or may not include all the components listed above.

[0030] The output system 230 may include any one of, some of, any combination of, or all a monitor system, a handheld display system, a printer system, a speaker system, a connection or an interface system to a sound system, an interface system to one or more peripheral devices and/or a connection and/or interface system to a computer system, an intranet, and/or the Internet.

[0031 ] The input system 240 may include any one of, some of, any combination of, or all a keyboard system, a mouse system, a track ball system, a track pad system, one or more buttons on a handheld system, a scanner system, a microphone system, a connection to a sound system, and/or a connection and/or an interface system to a computer system, an intranet, and/or the Internet (i.e., IrDA, USB).

[0032] The memory system 250 may include any one of, some of, any combination of, or all a long-term storage system, such as a hard drive; a short-term storage system, such as a random-access memory; or a removable storage system, such as a floppy drive or a removable drive and/or a flash memory. The memory system 250 may include one or more machine readable mediums that may store a variety of different types of information. The term machine readable medium may be utilized to refer to any medium capable of carrying information that may be readable by a machine. One example of a machine- readable medium may be a computer-readable medium such as a non-transitory storage media. The memory system 250 may store one or more machine instructions for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows. The operating system 251 may control all software or non-transitory storage media and hardware of the system 100. The communications module 252 may enable the server system 304 to communicate on the communications network 1 12. The web browser module 253 may allow for browsing the Internet. The web server application 254 may serve a plurality of web pages to client systems that request the web pages, thereby facilitating browsing on the Internet.

[0033] The processor system 260 may include any one of, some of, any combination of, or all multiple parallel processors, a single processor, a system of processors having one or more central processors and/or one or more specialized processors dedicated to specific tasks. The processor system 260 may implement the machine instructions stored in the memory system 250.

[0034] In an alternative embodiment, the communication interface 270 may allow the server system 200 to interface with the network 1 12. In this embodiment, the output system 230 may send communications to the communication interface 270. The communications system 275 communicatively links the output system 230, the input system 240, the memory system 250, the processor system 260 and/or the input/output system 280 to each other. The communications system 275 may include any one of, some of, any combination of, or all of one or more electrical cables, fiber optic cables, and/or sending signals through air or water (i.e., wireless communications). Some examples of sending signals through air and/or water may include systems for transmitting electromagnetic waves such as infrared and/or radio waves and/or systems for sending sound waves.

[0035] The input/output system 280 may include devices that have the dual function as the input and output devices. For example, the input/output system 280 may include one or more touch sensitive screens, which display an image and therefore may be an output device and accept input when the screens may be pressed by a finger or a stylus. The touch sensitive screens may be sensitive to heat and/or pressure. The input/output devices may be sensitive to a voltage or a current produced by a stylus. The input/output system 280 may be optional and may be utilized in addition to or in place of the output system 230 and/or the input device 240.

[0036] FIG. 2B illustrates a block diagram of a client system 300, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

[0037] The client system 300 may include an output system 302, an input system 304, a memory system 306, a processor system 308, and a communications system 312, an input/output system 314, a website 316 and a wireless portal 318. Other embodiments of the client system 300 may not have all the components and/or may have other embodiments in addition to or instead of the components listed above.

[0038] The client system 300 may be any one of the handheld or mobile wireless device 122, SMARTPHONE® 124 or IPAD® 126 that may be utilized as one of the network devices of FIG. 2B. In other embodiments, the client system 300 may include additional components and/or may not include all the components listed above. The output system 302 may include any one of, some of, any combination of or all a monitor system, a wireless transmitter, a handheld display system, a printer system, a speaker system, a connection or an interface system to a sound system, an interface system to peripheral devices and/or a connection and/or an interface system to a computer system, an intranet, and/or the Internet.

[0039] The input system 304 may include any one of, some of, any combination of or all of a keyboard system, a mouse system, a track ball system, a track pad system, one or more buttons on a handheld system, a scanner system, a wireless receiver, a microphone system, a connection to a sound system, and/or a connection and/or an interface system to a computer system, an intranet, and/or the Internet (i.e., Infrared Data Association or IrDA, Universal Serial Bus or USB).

[0040] The memory system 306 may include, any one of, some of, any combination of or all a long-term storage system, such as a hard drive, a short-term storage system, such as a random-access memory; a removable storage system, such as a floppy drive or a removable drive and/or a flash memory. The memory system 306 may include one or more machine readable mediums that may store a variety of different types of information. The term machine readable medium may be utilized to refer to any medium that may be structurally configured for carrying information in a format that may be readable by a machine. One example of a machine-readable medium may be a computer-readable medium. The memory system 306 may store a non-transitory storage media for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows 307. [0041 ] The processor system 308 may include any one of, some of, any combination of, or all multiple parallel processors, a single processor, a system of processors having one or more central processors and/or one or more specialized processors dedicated to specific tasks. The processor system 308 may implement the programs stored in the memory system 306. The communications system 312 may communicatively link the output system 302, the input system 304, the memory system 306, the processor system 308, and/or the input/output system 314 to each other. The communications system 312 may include any one of, some of, any combination of, or all of one or more electrical cables, fiber optic cables, and/or sending signals through air or water (i.e., wireless communications). Some examples of sending signals through air and/or water may include systems for transmitting electromagnetic waves such as infrared and/or radio waves and/or systems for sending sound waves.

[0042] The input/output system 314 may include devices that have the dual function as input and output devices. For example, the input/output system 314 may include one or more touch sensitive screens, which display an image and therefore may be an output device and accept input when the screens may be pressed by a finger or a stylus. The touch sensitive screens may be sensitive to heat, capacitance and/or pressure. One or more of the input/output devices may be sensitive to a voltage or a current produced by a stylus. The input/output system 314 is optional, and may be utilized in addition to or in place of the output system 302 and/or the input device 304.

[0043] The client systems 310, 314, 316, 318, 320 and the handheld wireless device 322 may also be tied into a website 316 or a wireless portal 318 which may also be tied directly into the communications system 312. Any website 316 or wireless portal 318 may also include a non-transitory storage media and a website module (not shown) to maintain, allow access to and run the website as well.

[0044] FIG. 3 illustrates an overhead view of a rear facing 400 of a cell phone with an operating system (FIG. 1 , 124), in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

[0045] The rear facing 400 may include an oval-shaped portion 410, an ultraviolet light source 420, a camera flash 430 and a camera 440.

[0046] The oval-shaped portion 410 may be disposed on a top portion 400A of the rear facing 400. The ultraviolet light source 420 may be disposed within the oval-shaped portion 410. The ultraviolet light source 420 may be activated as a constant light source and adapted to scan the contaminated bedding and pillows for contaminants such as blood, semen, urine, saliva and other suitable contaminants. Biological residue left on the contaminated bedding and pillows 415 may be detected with the ultraviolet light source 420. The biological residue indicates blood residue, semen residue, urine residue, saliva residue or other suitable residue on the contaminated bedding and pillows. The ultraviolet light source 420 may be integrated into a camera app 422 of the cell phone with an operating system 124.

[0047] The camera flash 430 may be disposed within the oval-shaped portion 410 and may be adapted to emit light onto the contaminated bedding and pillows 415. The camera 440 may be disposed within the oval-shaped portion 410 and may be adapted to photograph or video the contaminated bedding and pillows 415 or other suitable area. The oval-shaped portion 410 may be indented to protect the ultraviolet light source 420, the camera flash 430 and the camera 440 from surface damage. [0048] While the present invention has been related in terms of the foregoing embodiments those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the embodiments described. The present invention may be practiced with modification and alteration within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Thus, the description is to be regarded as illustrative instead of restrictive on the present invention

Claims

CLAIMS What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method for detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows, comprising the steps of:

downloading a detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app onto a cell phone with an operating system, the cell phone with an operating system having a camera;

integrating an ultraviolet light source into a camera app of the cell phone with an operating system; and

adapting the ultraviolet light source to scan the contaminated bedding and pillows, the ultraviolet light source indicating where the contaminated bedding and pillows are contaminated.

2. The computer-implemented method of Claim 1 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is activated as a constant light source.

3. The computer-implemented method of Claim 2, wherein a biological residue left on the contaminated bedding and pillows is detected with the ultraviolet light source.

4. The computer-implemented method of Claim 3, wherein the biological residue indicates blood residue or semen residue on the contaminated bedding and pillows.

5. A system to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows, comprising:

a server system with a processor system, a communications interface, a communications system, an input system and an output system, the server system having access to a communications network;

a memory system with an operating system, a communications module, a web browser module, a web server application and a detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app, the detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app resides on the memory system and includes a plurality of detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows data, the processor system is in communication with the memory system via the communications system; and

a client system adapted to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows data and the server system is adapted to download the detecting contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows non-transitory storage media app onto the client system.

6. The system to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows according to Claim 5, wherein the client system is a cell phone with an operating system.

7. The system to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows according to Claim 6, wherein the cell phone with an operating system includes an ultraviolet light source integrated into a camera app of the cell phone with an operating system.

8. The system to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows according to Claim 7, wherein the ultraviolet light source is activated as a constant light source and adapted to scan the contaminated bedding and pillows to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows data.

9. The system to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows according to Claim 8, wherein a biological residue left on the contaminated bedding and pillows is detected with the ultraviolet light source.

10. The system to detect contaminants on contaminated bedding and pillows according to Claim 9, wherein the biological residue indicates blood residue or semen residue on the contaminated bedding and pillows.

1 1 . A non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of:

activating an ultraviolet light source into a camera app of the cell phone with an operating system; and adapting the ultraviolet light source to scan the contaminated bedding and pillows, the ultraviolet light source indicating where the contaminated bedding and pillows are contaminated.

12. The non-transient computer readable medium of Claim 1 1 , wherein the ultraviolet light source is activated as a constant light source.

13. The non-transient computer readable medium of Claim 12, wherein a biological residue left on the contaminated bedding and pillows is detected with the ultraviolet light source.

14. The non-transient computer readable medium of Claim 13, wherein the biological residue indicates blood residue or semen residue on the contaminated bedding and pillows.