公开(公告)号：US11676468B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17242966

申请日：2021-04-28

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Eric C. Lobner ,  MIchael G. Wurm ,  Kenneth J. Gamberini

IPC: G08B21/02 ,  A41D13/002 ,  A62B18/08 ,  A62B9/00 ,  G06Q10/0639 ,  G06Q50/26 ,  G06Q10/0635 ,  G08B21/12 ,  G08B7/06

CPC classification number: G08B21/0275 ,  A41D13/002 ,  A62B9/006 ,  A62B18/08 ,  G06Q10/0635 ,  G06Q10/0639 ,  G06Q50/265 ,  G08B7/06 ,  G08B21/02 ,  G08B21/12

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes: an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE, wherein the computing device: receives context data that is based on one or more of the article of PPE, a work environment for the article of PPE, or a worker assigned to the article of PPE; selects, based at least in part on the context data, a set of programmable safety rules that are contextually associated with the at least one article of PPE; sends the programmable safety rules to one or more of the article of PPE or a data hub communicatively coupled to the article of PPE; and wherein the programmable safety rules are configured at the article of PPE or the data hub to perform one or more operations based at least in part on PPE data.

公开(公告)号：US20220167689A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17651817

申请日：2022-02-21

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Caroline M. Ylitalo ,  John A. Wheatley

IPC: A41D13/01 ,  F16P3/14 ,  G02B5/124 ,  G06K19/06 ,  A62B17/00 ,  G06K19/077

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes: at least one light capture device; an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a plurality of retroreflective elements embodied on a surface of the article of PPE in a spatially defined arrangement, each retroreflective element of the plurality of retroreflective elements having at least two different retroreflective properties; a computing device communicatively coupled to the at least one light capture device, wherein the computing device is configured to: receive, from the at least one light capture device, retroreflected light that indicates at least two different retroreflective properties of at least one retroreflective element of the plurality of retroreflective elements; determine, based at least in part on each of the at least two different retroreflective properties, a safety event; and perform at least one operation based at least in part on the safety event.

公开(公告)号：US11291255B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16346763

申请日：2018-02-19

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Caroline M. Ylitalo ,  John A. Wheatley

IPC: A41D13/01 ,  G06K19/06 ,  F16P3/14 ,  G02B5/124 ,  A62B17/00 ,  G06K19/077

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes: at least one light capture device; an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a plurality of retroreflective elements embodied on a surface of the article of PPE in a spatially defined arrangement, each retroreflective element of the plurality of retroreflective elements having at least two different retroreflective properties; a computing device communicatively coupled to the at least one light capture device, wherein the computing device is configured to: receive, from the at least one light capture device, retroreflected light that indicates at least two different retroreflective properties of at least one retroreflective element of the plurality of retroreflective elements; determine, based at least in part on each of the at least two different retroreflective properties, a safety event; and perform at least one operation based at least in part on the safety event.

公开(公告)号：US20210398415A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17446622

申请日：2021-09-01

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Eric C. Lobner ,  Michael G. Wurm

IPC: G08B21/18 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G08B21/12 ,  G08B25/01 ,  G08B25/10

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a plurality of articles of personal protected equipment (PPE) that are each assigned to a particular worker. The system may also include a data hub that detects an input that initiates a broadcast of diagnostic self-check messages; identifies, in response to the input, each article of PPE of the plurality of articles of PPE; broadcasts, based on identifying each article of PPE, the diagnostic self-check messages to the respective articles of PPE, wherein each article of PPE receives its respective self-check message at its communication component; in response to receiving a set of diagnostic acknowledgement messages from one or more of the plurality of articles of PPE that have performed a diagnostic self-check, determines whether the set of diagnostic acknowledge messages satisfy one or more self-check criteria; and performs one or more operations based on whether the self-check criteria are satisfied.

公开(公告)号：US20210307965A9

公开(公告)日：2021-10-07

申请号：US16949632

申请日：2020-11-09

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Steven T. Awiszus ,  Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  Eric C. Lobner ,  Robert J. Quintero ,  Micayla A. Johnson ,  Caroline M. Ylitalo ,  Britton G. Billingsley

IPC: A61F9/06 ,  G02F1/133

Abstract: A system including a head-mounted device having a face shield; a respirator coupled to or embodied in the head mounted device; a light having a light intensity; a light detector, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the at least one light detector that receive from the light detector data indicting a type and intensity of light, and determine that the light matches a particular type of light and whether it exceeds a threshold, and on the basis of this determination, modifies the intensity of the light.

公开(公告)号：US11127277B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16946692

申请日：2020-07-01

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Eric C. Lobner ,  Michael G. Wurm

IPC: G08B21/18 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G08B21/12 ,  G08B25/01 ,  G08B25/10 ,  G16H40/40

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a plurality of articles of personal protected equipment (PPE) that are each assigned to a particular worker. The system may also include a data hub that detects an input that initiates a broadcast of diagnostic self-check messages; identifies, in response to the input, each article of PPE of the plurality of articles of PPE; broadcasts, based on identifying each article of PPE, the diagnostic self-check messages to the respective articles of PPE, wherein each article of PPE receives its respective self-check message at its communication component; in response to receiving a set of diagnostic acknowledgement messages from one or more of the plurality of articles of PPE that have performed a diagnostic self-check, determines whether the set of diagnostic acknowledge messages satisfy one or more self-check criteria; and performs one or more operations based on whether the self-check criteria are satisfied.

公开(公告)号：US20210216940A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17301310

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Nicholas A. Asendorf ,  Saber Taghvaeeyan ,  Ronald D. Jesme ,  Justin M. Johnson ,  Robert W. Shannon ,  Robert D. Lorentz ,  Andrew H. Tilstra ,  Eric C. Lobner ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Glenn E. Casner ,  Kiran S. Kanukurthy

IPC: G06Q10/06 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q50/26 ,  H04B1/3827

Abstract: In one example, a system includes one or more personal protective equipment (PPE) devices each configured to be worn by a worker, the PPE devices each including one or more sensors that generate activity data indicative of activities of workers operating within one or more work environments. The system also includes a computing device, the computing device configured to: identify, based at least on the activity data, a plurality of clusters of one or more entities, wherein each entity of the entities is associated with one or more of the workers; and output an indication of a difference between performance by a target entity with respect to safety events and performance by the cluster that includes the target entity with respect to safety events.

公开(公告)号：US20200168069A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16739329

申请日：2020-01-10

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Eric C. Lobner ,  MIchael G. Wurm ,  Kenneth J. Gamberini

IPC: G08B21/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q50/26 ,  A62B9/00 ,  A62B18/08 ,  A41D13/002

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes: an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE, wherein the computing device: receives context data that is based on one or more of the article of PPE, a work environment for the article of PPE, or a worker assigned to the article of PPE; selects, based at least in part on the context data, a set of programmable safety rules that are contextually associated with the at least one article of PPE; sends the programmable safety rules to one or more of the article of PPE or a data hub communicatively coupled to the article of PPE; and wherein the programmable safety rules are configured at the article of PPE or the data hub to perform one or more operations based at least in part on PPE data.

公开(公告)号：US10607467B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15782676

申请日：2017-10-12

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Eric C. Lobner ,  Michael G. Wurm ,  Kenneth J. Gamberini

IPC: G08B21/02 ,  A41D13/02 ,  A41D13/002 ,  A62B18/08 ,  A62B9/00 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q50/26 ,  G08B21/12 ,  G08B7/06

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes: an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE, wherein the computing device: receives context data that is based on one or more of the article of PPE, a work environment for the article of PPE, or a worker assigned to the article of PPE; selects, based at least in part on the context data, a set of programmable safety rules that are contextually associated with the at least one article of PPE; sends the programmable safety rules to one or more of the article of PPE or a data hub communicatively coupled to the article of PPE; and wherein the programmable safety rules are configured at the article of PPE or the data hub to perform one or more operations based at least in part on PPE data.

公开(公告)号：US10575579B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US16238709

申请日：2019-01-03

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Marc A. Egeland ,  Steven T. Awiszus ,  Charles P. Jents ,  Benjamin A. Johnson ,  Kiran S. Kanukurthy ,  James E. Nash ,  Milo G. Oien-Rochat

IPC: G08B23/00 ,  A42B3/04 ,  A62B9/00 ,  A62B18/08 ,  H04W4/80 ,  A42B3/22

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a retrofit sensor module for use with a protective head top with a helmet and a visor. The sensor module includes a sensor housing and an attachment mechanism. The sensor housing encloses a head presence sensor to sense when the protective head top is being worn. The sensor housing also encloses a position sensor to sense the position of the visor relative to the helmet. The retrofit sensor module further comprises an attachment mechanism secured to the housing. The attachment mechanism mates with a first hinge component of a hinge assembly in the protective head top to removably install the sensor module into the protective head top, wherein the hinge assembly allows the visor to move relative to the helmet.