# US 10,311,401 B2 · System for custom configuring personal protection equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,311,401 B2 - Document ID: US10311401B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/542,344 - Filed: 2016-01-05 - Published: 2018-09-27 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-09 - Assignees: Honeywell International Inc. - Applicants: Honeywell International Inc. - Inventors: Venkata Subbaiah Y; Ashok Giri; Kuldeep Sharma; Rachana K J; Sudeesh Thatha; Neal Anthony Muggleton; Sudhir Kamath; Vishnu Vardhan; Kushagra Thakur; Praveen Galagali; Pierre Van Neste; Chinmaya Kar; Liana Maria Kiff; Mohammed Ibrahim Mohideen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311401B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - A41D 1/002: {adapted to accommodate electronic equipment (patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085)} - A41D 13/00: Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches (helmets A42B3/00; clothing affording protection against chemical agents or for use at high altitudes A62B17/00; life-saving garments for use at sea, diving suits B63C; bulletproof or armoured clothing F41H; clothing affording protection against radiation G21F3/02) - A41D 13/11: Protective face masks, e.g. for surgical use, or for use in foul atmospheres (eye-masks A61F9/04 {; hoods affording protection against heat or harmful chemical agents A62B17/04}) - G05B 15/02: electric - G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals - G06Q 50/265: {Personal security, identity or safety} - G07F 17/0042: {for hiring of objects} - G07F 17/18: for washing or drying persons - A41D 2600/20: for working activities - A61F 11/145: {electric, e.g. for active noise reduction} - B65G 43/00: Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract Embodiments relate generally to a system having one or more computerized kiosks (102, 150, 160, 180, 192) operable to associate a personal protection device (104) to a worker's personal information. In some embodiments, the kiosk (102, 150, 160, 180, 192) can use the worker's personal information to custom configure the personal protection device (104), so that the device (104) will better suit the needs of the specific worker. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computerized kiosk for configuring a personal protective equipment device, comprising: a processor; a non-transitory memory; and an application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor, reads personal information about a worker who will use a personal protective equipment device (PPE) from a database and configures the PPE for use by the worker based on the personal information about the worker; wherein the personal information about the worker comprises at least one of the following: a personal sound exposure limit for the worker, an exposure history of the worker, previous hearing damage of the worker, audiogram testing results of the worker, medical records of the worker, and medical flags of the worker. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, wherein application configures the PPE via a communication coupling provided by one of a cradle or a wireless communication link. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, wherein the application reads the personal information about the worker based on using one of a personal identity (PIN), an employee number, or a personal name to identify the personal information about the worker in the database. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, wherein the PPE is one of a respirator, a face mask, a protective suit, or a hearing protection device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, wherein the application further: determines an appropriate type of PPE for use by the worker based on the personal information about the worker; determines a type of the PPE, and configures the PPE for use by the worker only if the type of the PPE is the appropriate type of PPE for use by the worker. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, wherein the application configures the PPE for use by the worker based on the personal information of the worker and the personal information of the worker further comprises at least one of the following: training records of the worker, training status of the worker, a default volume setting of the worker, a job function of the worker, a job task of the worker, an identity of a work zone authorized for the worker, training requirements for the worker, and worker job history. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of storage bins having multiple types of PPE, where the application further: determines an appropriate type of PPE for use by the worker based on the personal information about the worker; and dispenses the PPE of the appropriate type of PPE from the storage bins after it is configured for use by the worker based on the personal information about the worker. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, where the application further uploads information from the PPE. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computerized kiosk of claim 8, where the application uploads information from the PPE using a Bluetooth wireless coupling. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The computerized kiosk of claim 8, where the application uploads information from the PPE using a 4G wireless coupling. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The computerized kiosk of claim 8, where the application uploads a noise exposure measurement from the PPE. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The computerized kiosk of claim 8, where the application further uploads the information from the PPE to a terminal server. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The computerized kiosk of claim 12, where the application further downloads personal information about the worker from the terminal server. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, wherein the application configures the PPE for use by the worker by actively changing the PPE. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computerized kiosk of claim 14, wherein the PPE comprises a hearing protection device (hpd) and a noise exposure monitoring component; and wherein the application actively changes the PPE at least in part by setting a personal sound exposure limit for the noise exposure monitoring component using the personal information about the worker. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computerized kiosk of claim 15, wherein the noise exposure monitoring component is operable to record a protected noise exposure, where the protected noise exposure is a noise exposure experienced under the hpd, and the PPE is operable to warn the worker if the protected noise exposure exceeds the pre-set personal sound exposure limit for the worker. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computerized kiosk of claim 15, wherein the hpd and noise exposure monitoring component are integrated into a single PPE. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The computerized kiosk of claim 1, wherein the PPE further comprises a sound pass-through component and the application configures the PPE at least in part by setting a default volume level of the sound pass-through component. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computerized kiosk of claim 18, wherein the sound pass-through component comprises a microphone and a speaker. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The computerized kiosk of claim 16, wherein setting the personal sound exposure limit comprises the kiosk storing the worker's personal sound exposure limit in the PPE, wherein the personal sound exposure limit is lower than a standard generic noise exposure limit, and wherein the PPE then uses the personal sound exposure limit as the threshold to trigger a warning regarding exposure.