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Image recognition for personal protective equipment compliance enforcement in work areas

US9695981B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

Kwong Wing Au · Bloomington, US
Pedro Davalos · Plymouth, US
Sharath Venkatesha · Minnetonka, US
Himanshu Khurana · Excelsior, US
Saad J. Bedros · West St. Paul, US
Mohammed Ibrahim Mohideen · Kanchinakote, IN
Mahesh Kumar Gellaboina · Darsi, IN
Adishesha CS · Savanuru, IN
Cleopatra Cabuz · Edina, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2012
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08B21/24
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method comprises receiving one or more images of a person from one or more image capture devices in response to an input, identifying one or more items of personal protective equipment in the one or more images, determining the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment relative to the person in the one or more images, and verifying compliance with personal protective equipment standards based on the one or more identified items of personal protective equipment and the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment.

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