Personal and environmental noise exposure assessment and management system and its methods

Abstract

A personal and environmental noise exposure assessment and management system includes: a database; a computer device for accessing the database; a first sensing device communicatively connected to the computer device, wherein the first sensing device has a first ambient sound sensing unit and is associated with first current location data; and a second sensing device communicatively connected to the computer device, wherein the second sensing device has a second ambient sound sensing unit and is associated with second current location data; wherein the first ambient sound sensing unit detects a first current ambient sound to generate first sound detection data, and the first sensing device transmits the first sound detection data to the computer device; wherein the second ambient sound sensing unit detects a first current ambient sound to generate first sound detection data; and the first sensing device transmits the first sound detection data to the computer device; wherein the second ambient sound sensing unit detects a first current ambient sound to generate first sound detection data; and the second ambient sound sensing unit transmits the first sound detection data to the computer device; and the second ambient sound sensing unit transmits the first ambient sound detection data to the computer device; and the second ambient sound sensing unit transmits the first ambient sound detection data to the computer device. A sound sensing unit detects a second current ambient sound to generate second sound detection data, and the second sensing device transmits the second sound detection data to the computer device; wherein the computer device associates the first sound detection data with the first current location data, and associates the second sound detection data with the second current location data; wherein the computer device generates an ambient sound map based on the first current location data, the first sound detection data, the second current location data, and the second sound detection data, and the computer device stores the ambient sound map data in the database; wherein the ambient sound map data indicates the ambient sounds corresponding to different locations within a region.

Claims

1. A personal and environmental noise exposure assessment and management system, comprising: a database; a computer device for accessing the database; a first sensing device communicatively connected to the computer device, wherein the first sensing device has a first ambient sound sensing unit and is associated with first current location data; and a second sensing device communicatively connected to the computer device, wherein the second sensing device has a second ambient sound sensing unit and is associated with second current location data; wherein the first ambient sound sensing unit detects a first current ambient sound to generate first sound detection data, and the first sensing device transmits the first sound detection data to the computer device; wherein the second ambient sound sensing unit detects a second current ambient sound to generate second sound detection data, and the second sensing device transmits the second sound detection data to the computer device; wherein the computer device associates the first sound detection data with the first current location data and associates the second sound detection data with the second current location data; The computer device generates an ambient sound map based on the first current location data, the first sound detection data, the second current location data, and the second sound detection data, and stores the ambient sound map data in a database. The ambient sound map data indicates the ambient sound corresponding to different locations within a region. The database stores noise exposure dose data, which is associated with the first sensing device. The ambient sound map data indicates that a fourth ambient volume at a fourth current location within the region is a fourth sound volume. The computer device generates permissible exposure time data based on the noise exposure dose data and the ambient sound map data, and associates the permissible exposure time data with the first sensing device.

2. The Personal and Environmental Noise Exposure Assessment and Management System of Request 1, wherein the first sensing device has a first positioning unit that generates first current location data that indicates a first current location of the first sensing device; wherein the second sensing device has a second positioning unit that generates second current location data that indicates a second current location of the second sensing device.

3. The Personal and Environmental Noise Exposure Assessment and Management System as described in claim 2, wherein the first sound detection data indicates a first sound volume, and the second sound detection data indicates a second sound volume; wherein the computer device, based on the first sound detection data and the first current location data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate a first environmental volume at the first current location within the area as the first sound volume; wherein the computer device, based on the second sound detection data and the second current location data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate a second environmental volume at the second current location within the area as the second sound volume.

4. The personal and environmental noise exposure assessment and management system as described in claim 3, wherein the computer device generates a first warning message based on the first sound volume being greater than a predetermined volume threshold.

5. The personal and environmental noise exposure assessment and management system as described in claim 3, wherein the computer device updates the noise exposure dose data based on the first sound volume indicated by the first sound detection data.

6. The Personal and Environmental Noise Exposure Assessment and Management System as described in claim 3, wherein the first current location data and the first sound detection data are associated with a first time point data, the first time point data indicating a first time point; wherein the second current location data and the second sound detection data are associated with a second time point data, the second time point data indicating a second time point; wherein the computer device, based on the first sound detection data, the first current location data, and the first time point data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate that at the first time point, the first environmental volume at the first current location is the first sound volume; wherein the computer device, based on the second sound detection data, the second current location data, and the second time point data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate that at the second time point, the second environmental volume at the second current location is the second sound volume.

7. The Personal and Environmental Noise Exposure Assessment and Management System of Request 6, wherein the first environmental sound sensing unit detects a third current environmental sound at a third time point to generate third sound detection data, the third time point being different from the first time point, and the third sound detection data indicating a third sound volume; wherein the first positioning unit generates third current location data at the third time point, the third current location data indicating a third current location of the first sensing device at the third time point; wherein the third sound detection data and the third current location data are associated with third time point data, the third time point data indicating the third time point; wherein the computer device, based on the third sound detection data, the third current location data, and the third time point data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate that at the third time point, a third environmental volume at the third current location is the third sound volume.

8. The Personal and Environmental Noise Exposure Assessment and Management System as described in claim 7, wherein the computer device generates a second warning based on the fact that the third current location is equal to the first current location and that a difference between the third sound detection data and the first sound detection data is greater than a predetermined difference threshold.

9. The Personal and Environmental Noise Exposure Assessment and Management System of claim 1, wherein the first sensing device is worn by a target user, the first sensing device comprising: a main body; a first soundproofing part connected to the main body; and a first inner sound sensing part disposed on a first inner surface or a first interior of the first soundproofing part, and the first inner sound sensing part being communicatively connected to the computer device; wherein the first environmental sound sensing part is disposed on the outside of the first sensing device or on the target user, and the first environmental sound sensing part being communicatively connected to the computer device; wherein the first inner sound sensing part detects a first current inner sound to generate first inner sound data; wherein the computer device generates first soundproofing performance data based on the first sound detection data and the first inner sound data.

10. The Personal and Environmental Noise Exposure Assessment and Management System of claim 9, wherein the first sensing device comprises: a second soundproofing part connected to the main body; and a second inner sound sensing part disposed on a second inner surface or a second interior of the second soundproofing part; wherein the second inner sound sensing part detects a second current inner sound to generate second inner sound data; wherein the computer device generates second soundproofing performance data based on the first sound detection data and the second inner sound data.

11. A method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure, applied to a personal and environmental noise exposure assessment and management system, the personal and environmental noise exposure assessment and management system comprising a database, a computer device, a first sensing device and a second sensing device, the computer device being communicatively connected to the first sensing device and the second sensing device, the first sensing device being associated with first current location data, and the second sensing device being associated with second current location data, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a first current environmental sound by a first environmental sound sensing unit of the first sensing device to generate first sound detection data; transmitting the first sound detection data to the computer device by the first sensing device; detecting a second current environmental sound by a second environmental sound sensing unit of the second sensing device to generate second sound detection data; transmitting the second sound detection data to the computer device by the second sensing device; and associating the first sound detection data with the first current location data and the second sound detection data with the second current location data by the computer device. The computer device generates an ambient sound map based on the first current location data, the first sound detection data, the second current location data, and the second sound detection data; and stores the ambient sound map data in a database; wherein the ambient sound map data indicates the ambient sound corresponding to different locations within a region; wherein the database stores noise exposure dose data associated with the first sensing device; wherein the ambient sound map data indicates that a fourth ambient volume at a fourth current location within the region is a fourth sound volume; and the personal and environmental noise exposure assessment and management method further includes the following steps: the computer device generates permissible exposure time data based on the noise exposure dose data and the ambient sound map data; and the computer device associates the permissible exposure time data with the first sensing device.

12. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as claimed in claim 11 further includes the following steps: generating first current location data by a first positioning unit of the first sensing device, the first current location data indicating a first current location of the first sensing device; and generating second current location data by a second positioning unit of the second sensing device, the second current location data indicating a second current location of the second sensing device.

13. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first sound detection data indicates a first sound volume, and the second sound detection data indicates a second sound volume; wherein the method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure further includes the following steps: the computer device, based on the first sound detection data and the first current location data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate a first environmental volume at the first current location within the area as the first sound volume; and the computer device, based on the second sound detection data and the second current location data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate a second environmental volume at the second current location within the area as the second sound volume.

14. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as described in claim 13 further includes the following step: generating a first warning message by the computer device based on the first sound volume being greater than a predetermined volume threshold.

15. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as claimed in claim 13, wherein the method further includes the step of updating the noise exposure dose data by the computer device based on the first sound volume indicated by the first sound detection data.

16. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first current location data and the first sound detection data are associated with a first time point data, the first time point data indicating a first time point; wherein the second current location data and the second sound detection data are associated with a second time point data, the second time point data indicating a second time point; wherein the method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure further includes the following steps: the computer device, based on the first sound detection data, the first current location data, and the first time point data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate that at the first time point, the first environmental volume at the first current location is the first sound volume; and the computer device, based on the second sound detection data, the second current location data, and the second time point data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate that at the second time point, the second environmental volume at the second current location is the second sound volume.

17. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as claimed in claim 16 further includes the following steps: The first environmental sound sensing unit detects a third current environmental sound at a third time point to generate third sound detection data, the third time point being different from the first time point, the third sound detection data indicating a third sound volume; The first positioning unit generates third current location data at the third time point, the third current location data indicating a third current location of the first sensing device at the third time point, wherein the third sound detection data and the third current location data are associated with third time point data, the third time point data indicating the third time point; and The computer device, based on the third sound detection data, the third current location data, and the third time point data, causes the environmental sound map data to indicate that at the third time point, a third environmental volume at the third current location is the third sound volume.

18. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as claimed in claim 17 further includes the following steps: generating a second warning data by the computer device based on the fact that the third current location is equal to the first current location and that a difference value between the third sound detection data and the first sound detection data is greater than a predetermined difference threshold.

19. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first sensing device is worn by a target user, the first sensing device comprising: a main body, a first soundproofing part, and a first inner sound sensing part, the first soundproofing part being connected to the main body; wherein the first inner sound sensing part is disposed on a first inner surface or a first interior of the first soundproofing part, and the first inner sound sensing part is communicatively connected to a computer device; wherein the method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure further comprises the following steps: disposing the first environmental sound sensing part on the outside of the first sensing device or on the target user; detecting a first current inner sound by the first inner sound sensing part to generate first inner sound data; and generating first soundproofing performance data by the computer device based on the first sound detection data and the first inner sound data.

20. The method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first sensing device includes a second soundproofing part and a second inner sound sensing part; wherein the second soundproofing part is connected to the main body, and the second inner sound sensing part is disposed on a second inner surface or a second interior of the second soundproofing part; wherein the method for assessing and managing personal and environmental noise exposure further includes the following steps: detecting a second current inner sound by the second inner sound sensing part to generate a second inner sound data; and generating a second soundproofing performance data by the computer device based on the first sound detection data and the second inner sound data.

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