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US 9,396,639 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for managing operator alertness and enhancing operator effectiveness for industrial control systems
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsAmol Gandhi, Kishen Manjunath, Rohan McAdam
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Abstract
A method includes receiving activity data from a plurality of sensors associated with at least a portion of an industrial process system. The method also includes monitoring the activity data to identify a period of inactivity of all of the plurality of sensors. The method also includes responsive to identifying the period of inactivity, issuing an alarm.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- using at least one processing device:
- receiving activity data from a plurality of sensors associated with at least a portion of an industrial process system, wherein the activity data comprises data from a first set of sensors configured to monitor a response to prior alarms and data from a second set of sensors configured to monitor physiology of an operator;
- monitoring the activity data to identify a period of inactivity of the first and second sets of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- responsive to identifying the period of inactivity, issuing a first alarm.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory configured to store activity data from a plurality of sensors associated with at least a portion of an industrial process system, wherein the activity data comprises data from a first set of sensors configured to monitor a response to prior alarms and data from a second set of sensors configured to monitor physiology of an operator;
- and
- at least one processing device configured to:
- monitor the activity data to identify a period of inactivity of the first and second sets of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- responsive to identifying the period of inactivity, issue a first alarm.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code for:
- receiving activity data from a plurality of sensors associated with at least a portion of an industrial process system, wherein the activity data comprises data from a first set of sensors configured to monitor a response to prior alarms and data from a second set of sensors configured to monitor physiology of an operator;
- monitoring the activity data to identify a period of inactivity of the first and second sets of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- responsive to identifying the period of inactivity, issuing a first alarm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.