Intelligent safety monitoring and analytics system for personal protective equipment

US11263568B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Kiran S. Kanukurthy · Cottage Grove, US
• Steven R. Digre · Windom, US
• Darcey L. Holloway · Stillwater, US
• Eric C. Lobner · Woodbury, US
• Ted K. Madison · Windom, US
• Philip J. Savoie · Pearland, US
• Pageen S. Smith · Cadillac, US
• Lauraine L Wells · Loveland, US
• Michael G. Wurm · Waukesha, US
• Cameron J. Fackler · Indianapolis, US
• James D. Brown · Bloomington, US
• Matthew J. Blackford · Hastings, US
• Steven T. Awiszus · Woodbury, US
• Elliott H. Berger · Indianapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H40/67
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In some examples, a system includes an article of hearing protection assigned to a worker, and a portable computing device assigned to the worker; a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the portable computing device, the remote computing device configured to receive sound level data that indicate different sound levels at different, respective locations of a work environment; determine, based on location data received from the portable computing device, an amount of sound received by the worker over a period of time; identify an updated location in the work environment having a sound level that is different from a current location, based at least in part on the article of hearing protection, the amount of sound, and the sound level data that indicates different sound levels at different, respective locations; and generate a notification that instructs the worker to move from the current location to the updated location.