Method and apparatus for enhancing safety within a work zone
OwnerGary M. Frameinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for enhancing the safety in a work zone surrounding operating equipment including identifying workers within said work zone and warning unauthorized workers within said work zone.
Claims8
An apparatus for enhancing the safety in a work zone surrounding operating equipment including means for identifying workers within said work zone and means for warning unauthorized workers within said work zone.
An apparatus for enhancing the safety in a work zone surrounding operating equipment comprising:
- a portable worker carried unit carried by a worker for receiving signals and for transmitting signals indicative of worker information;
- an equipment mounted control unit including means for communicating with said portable worker carried unit in said work zone, means for transmitting a warning signal to said portable worker carried unit when said worker is not authorized to be within said work zone, and means for providing an operator of said equipment a warning of the presence of said unauthorized worker in said work zone;
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- said portable worker carried unit further including means for receiving said transmitted warning signal from said equipment mounted control unit and for providing a warning to the worker in response thereto.
A method for enhancing the safety in a work zone surrounding operating equipment including the steps of identifying workers within said work zone and warning unauthorized workers within said work zone.
A method for enhancing the safety in a work zone surrounding operating equipment comprising the steps of:
- carrying a portable worker carried unit by a worker for receiving signals and for transmitting signals indicative of worker information;
- providing an equipment mounted control unit for communicating with said portable worker carried unit in said work zone, transmitting a warning signal to said portable worker carried unit when said unit is not authorized to be within said work zone, and warning of the presence of said unauthorized worker in said work zone;
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- the portable worker carried unit further receiving said transmitted warning signal from said equipment mounted control unit and providing a warning to the worker in response thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.