Personal protective equipment management system using optical patterns for equipment and safety monitoring

• Main Authors: Sharma, Neeraj, Ylitalo, Caroline M, Chen-Ho, Kui, Acito, Paul L, Whiting, Tien Yi T. H, Patel, Suman K, Potts, Travis L, Kanukurthy, Kiran S, Howard, James W, Werness, Jr., James L. C, Casner, Glenn E, Awiszus, Steven T, Shaklee, Charles A, Hansen, Katja, Snyder, James B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.04.2022
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS

In general, techniques are described for a personal protective equipment (PPE) management system (PPEMS) that uses images of optical patterns embodied on articles of personal protective equipment (PPEs) to identify safety conditions that correspond to usage of the PPEs. In one example, an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) includes a first optical pattern embodied on a surface of the article of PPE; a second optical pattern embodied on the surface of the article of PPE, wherein a spatial relation between the first optical pattern and the second optical pattern is indicative of an operational status of the article of PPE.