Patent ID: 11904065
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 13:
14. A mobile apparatus for ultraviolet (UV) light sanitization of an aircraft, comprising:
a trolley, incorporating therewith a controller circuit operationally coupled to a motion sensor configured to detect directional motion of the trolley, and a user interface configured to receive operator input and provide visual feedback;
a plurality of UV light sources, each UV light source configured to emit UV light outward from the trolley responsive to a respective radiation command of a respective plurality of radiation commands, each UV light source mechanically coupled via a respective actuator to the trolley, each actuator configured to affect an angular orientation of its UV light source responsive to a respective actuator command;
the controller circuit configured to:
receive from the user interface operator input that includes finalizing a seating configuration for the aircraft that is aircraft-specific;
utilize the directional motion and the seating configuration to continuously determine a current location of the trolley with respect to the seating configuration;
determine an optimal angular orientation of each UV light source of the plurality of UV light sources, as a function of the current location;
adaptively generate the plurality of radiation commands based on the current location, while the mobile apparatus is operated within the aircraft;
log emitted UV light as a function of the current location of the trolley;
compare the logged emitted UV light as a function of the current location of the trolley to an aircraft-specific UV specification for the aircraft;
generate a UV high alert when the logged emitted UV light exceeds the UV specification by more than an upper threshold;
generate a UV low alert when the logged emitted UV light is below the UV specification by more than a lower threshold; and
present visual feedback on the user interface, the visual feedback including an indicator of when the trolley is moving too fast and an indicator of when the trolley is moving too slow, an indicator for the UV high alert and an indicator for the UV low alert.