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US 11,113,942 B1Granted
Human awareness telemetry apparatus, systems, and methods
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsMichael Wade, Garry E. Shields, Zbigniew J. Karaszewski
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Abstract
Systems and apparatus are provided for monitoring and/or collecting data regarding environmental conditions and optionally personal health information, and generating warnings for a wearer based on acceptable limits for hazards. Using the collected data, the systems and apparatus communicate recommendations to the wearer to improve or maintain personal safety in the detected environment. Methods for monitoring environmental risks and generating warnings based on acceptable limits for hazards are also provided.
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Apparatus for detecting workplace hazards and alerting a worker, comprising:
- a user interface comprising a visual display system;
- an integrated circuit card comprising:
- environmental hazard sensors,
- health hazard sensors;
- a controller programmed to:
- compare data from the environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors with safety thresholds for each environmental hazard and health hazard;
- determine if a safety threshold has been exceeded for each environmental hazard and health hazard and communicate an alert for each safety threshold that is exceeded;
- monitor rates of change in data received from the environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors;
- calculate a time interval when each environmental hazard and health hazard is predicted to exceed the safety thresholds;
- and
- communicate the time interval when the safety thresholds are predicted to be exceeded, and
- a transmitter configured to transmit alerts comprising each safety threshold that is exceeded, and predictions of the time interval when safety thresholds are predicted to be exceeded,
- wherein the alerts comprise visual alerts displayed by the visual display system.
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System for detecting workplace hazards and communicating alerts, comprising:
- an interface configured to communicate an alert;
- and
- a sensor platform comprising:
- environmental hazard sensors, and
- health hazard sensors;
- a controller programmed to:
- compare data from the environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors with safety thresholds for each environmental hazard and health hazard;
- determine if a safety threshold has been exceeded for each environmental hazard and health hazard and communicate an alert for each safety threshold that is exceeded;
- monitor rates of change in data received from the environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors;
- calculate a time interval when each environmental hazard and health hazard is predicted to exceed the safety thresholds;
- and
- communicate the time interval when the safety thresholds are predicted to be exceeded, and
- means for transmitting alerts to the interface, where the alerts comprise each safety threshold that is exceeded, and predictions of the time interval when safety thresholds are predicted to be exceeded,
- wherein the interface communicates the alert.
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Method for issuing workplace hazard alerts to a worker, comprising:
- providing sensors to detect one or more environmental hazards associated with the workplace;
- providing sensors to detect one or more health hazards associated with the worker assigned to the workplace;
- receiving data from environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors;
- comparing the data from the environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors with safety thresholds for each hazard, and determining when safety thresholds are exceeded;
- communicating an alert to the worker when a safety threshold for an environmental hazard or health hazard is exceeded;
- monitoring rates of change in data received from sensors detecting environmental hazards and health hazards;
- calculating a time interval when each environmental hazard and health hazard is predicted to exceed the safety thresholds;
- and
- communicating to the worker the time interval when the safety thresholds are predicted to be exceeded.
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Method for issuing workplace hazard alerts to a worker, comprising:
- providing sensors to detect one or more environmental hazards associated with the workplace;
- providing sensors to detect one or more health hazards associated with the worker assigned to the workplace;
- receiving data from environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors;
- comparing the data from the environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors with safety thresholds for each hazard and determining when safety thresholds are exceeded;
- communicating an alert to the worker when a safety threshold for an environmental hazard or health hazard is exceeded;
- determining that data from environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors does not exceed safety thresholds for each environmental hazard and health hazard;
- aggregating data from environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors that does not exceed safety thresholds;
- comparing the aggregated data against one or more aggregated risk profiles comprising sub-thresholds for combinations of two or more of the environmental hazards and health hazards;
- and
- communicating an alert to the worker when an aggregated risk profile is exceeded.
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Apparatus for detecting workplace hazards and transmitting alerts, comprising:
- an interface comprising a visual display system;
- an integrated circuit card comprising:
- environmental hazard sensors, and
- health hazard sensors;
- a controller programmed to:
- compare data from the environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors with safety thresholds for each environmental hazard and health hazard;
- determine that data from environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors does not exceed safety thresholds for each environmental hazard and health hazard;
- aggregate data from environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors that does not exceed safety thresholds;
- compare the aggregated data against one or more aggregated risk profiles comprising sub-thresholds for combinations of two or more of the environmental hazards and health hazards;
- and
- communicate an alert when an aggregated risk profile is exceeded;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit alerts comprising each aggregated risk profile that is exceeded,
- wherein the alerts comprise visual alerts displayed by the visual display system.
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System for detecting workplace hazards and communicating alerts, comprising:
- a interface configured to communicate an alert;
- and
- a sensor platform comprising:
- environmental hazard sensors, and
- health hazard sensors;
- a controller programmed to:
- compare data from the environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors with safety thresholds for each environmental hazard and health hazard;
- determine that data from environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors does not exceed safety thresholds for each hazard;
- aggregate data from environmental hazard sensors and health hazard sensors that does not exceed safety thresholds;
- compare the aggregated data against one or more aggregated risk profiles comprising sub-thresholds for combinations of two or more of the environmental hazards and health hazards;
- and
- communicate an alert when an aggregated risk profile is exceeded;
- and
- means for transmitting the alert from the controller to the interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.