METHOD OF VISUALLY OUTPUTTING TO A WORKER DURING AN OPERATION A NUMBER OF PARAMETERS PERTAINING TO THE OPERATION, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS

• Main Author: NORRELL, MICHAEL S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.08.2018
• Subjects: ALARM SYSTEMS; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MACHINE TOOLS; MEASURING; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A method includes detecting currently existing dose rates while a worker is performing an operation within a Radiologically Controlled Area (RCA) and visually outputting to the worker a dosage rate map of ionizing radiation within the RCA. The visual output can be visually depicted on a display that is worn by the worker during the operation and that is situated in proximity to the worker's eye. Another method of visually outputting to a worker a number of visual indicia that are representative of a number of parameters of an operation performed inside or outside the RCA includes periodically receiving a number of inputs from a number of detectors, employing the inputs to determine values for the parameters, and depicting the number of visible indicia on an electronic visual display that is situated on the worker and that is disposed proximate an eye of the worker.