Patent ID: 8040245
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring hand washing within a room, the method comprising: detecting a person entering the room; capturing an image of the person that entered the room; detecting an employee identifier, wherein determining the identity of the person that entered the room using the image of the person or the employee identifier comprises retrieving employee identification information corresponding to the person that entered the room using the employee identifier; determining an identity of the person that entered the room using the image of the person or the employee identifier; deleting the image of the person that entered the room after determining the identity of the person as an employee using the employee identifier and corresponding employee identification information; determining whether the person activates a soap dispenser within a threshold period of time; and providing a notification of a failure to wash hands if the person does not activate the soap dispenser within the threshold period of time, the notification comprising the identity of the person.