Patent ID: 8963723
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G07C,G08B

Abstract:
1. A kitchen sanitization compliance monitoring system for a commercial kitchen environment having food prep tables, comprising: badges wearable by persons, said badges having indicia representing a first-state indicating a sanitary compliant condition of the person, a second-state representing a cautionary state indicating the person's contact with a first food prep table or first food prep area, and a third-state representing an unsanitary state indicating the person's contact with a second food prep table or second food prep area after contact with, and different from, a first food prep table or first food prep area, each one of said badges also having a wireless transmitter/receiver for communicating an identification signal unique to a single badge, and the current state of the badge; food prep table beacons, each associated with a different respective food prep table or area, each prep table beacon having a transmitter/receiver capable of wirelessly communicating with said badges; dispenser beacons, each associated with a sanitization dispenser, and each dispenser beacon having a transmitter/receiver capable of wirelessly communicating with said badges; and wherein each of the said badges in said first-state changes to said second-state when located in a certain proximity to a food prep table beacon, and transmits a status change signal indicating such first-to-second-state change to the food prep table beacon with the badge identification signal; wherein each of the said badges in said second-state changes to said third-state when located in a certain proximity to a food prep table beacon different from the food prep table beacon which caused the badge to change from the first-state to the second-state, and transmits a status signal indicating such second-to-third-state change to the food prep table beacon wherein a dispenser beacon causes a badge to change from the second-state or third-state to the first-state when the person has performed a sanitization procedure at the sanitization dispenser beacon.