US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Feb. 3 for "Systems and methods for sanitization of proximate regions between individuals with ultraviolet light" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,341, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for sanitization of proximate regions between individuals with ultraviolet light" was invented by Jamie J. Childress (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitization system for a space includes an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to emit UV light. The system includes a sensor device configured to sense positions of a plurality of individuals within the space. The system includes a controller in communication with the sensor device. The controller is configured to monitor the positions of the plurality of individuals, determin...