Proximity-based personnel safety system and method
AssigneeTransocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited
InventorsPaul Johnson, Travis McGuire
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Abstract
A method includes receiving first position data from at least one of a TOF sensor or a LIDAR. The first position data is representative of a position of a human within a hazardous environment. The method further includes receiving second position data associated with a plurality of wearable sensors associated with a plurality of personnel. The method further includes comparing the first position data to the second position data to identify a match between the first position data and the second position data. The method further includes sensing a signal to an alert device associated with the hazardous environment such that the alert device issues an alert in response to the first position data failings to match the second position data.
Claims29
A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
- receive first position data associated with a plurality of wearable sensors associated with a plurality of personnel, the position data being representative of a positions of the personnel within a hazardous environment;
- receive second position data representative of a virtual zone associated with a movable machine within the hazardous environment;
- compare the first position data to the second position data to detect that a personnel from the plurality of personnel is within the virtual zone;
- receive a signal indicative of the movable machine being commanded by a control system to move when the personnel from the plurality of personnel is within the virtual zone;
- and
- at least one of send a signal to (1) an alert device associated with the hazardous environment such that the alert device issues an alert, or (2) the control system instructing the control system to alter the motion of the movable machine, in response to (a) the detection that the personnel is within the virtual zone, and (b) the movable machine has been commanded to move when the personnel from the plurality of personnel is within the virtual zone.
A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
- receive, from a sensor monitoring a hazardous environment, first position data associated with a human within the hazardous environment;
- receive second position data representative of a virtual zone associated with a movable machine within the hazardous environment;
- compare the first position data to the second position data to detect that the human is within the virtual zone;
- receive a signal indicative of the movable machine being commanded by a control system to move when the human is within the virtual zone;
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- at least one of send a signal to (1) an alert device associated with the hazardous environment such that the alert device issues an alert, or (2) the control system instructing the control system to alter the motion of the movable machine, in response to (a) the detection that the human is within the virtual zone, and (b) the movable machine has been commanded to move when the human is within the virtual zone.
A method, comprising:
- receiving first position data associated with a plurality of wearable sensors associated with a plurality of personnel, the position data being representative of a positions of the personnel within a hazardous environment;
- receiving second position data representative of a virtual zone associated with a movable machine within the hazardous environment;
- comparing the first position data to the second position data to detect that a personnel from the plurality of personnel is within the virtual zone;
- receiving a signal indicative of the movable machine being commanded by a control system to move when the personnel from the plurality of personnel is within the virtual zone;
- and
- at least one of sending a signal to (1) an alert device associated with the hazardous environment such that the alert device issues an alert, or (2) the control system instructing the control system to alter the motion of the movable machine, in response to (a) the detection that the personnel is within the virtual zone, and (b) the movable machine has been commanded to move when the personnel from the plurality of personnel is within the virtual zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.