249 results about "Personal protective equipment" patented technology

A system and method for real-time monitoring of personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance at a worksite. The system includes a processor, a host memory, a graphical processing unit (GPU), a GPU memory, a storage device, an input device, a plurality of cameras, and a display device. The system creates multiple inference engines and loads input frames from the storage device for pre-processing. The pre-processed frames are processed to obtain annotations and generate an output file. The system also includes a preparatory area and an operations area with cameras configured to capture and transmit video frames. The system can process input frames at a rate of at least 15 frames per second, providing real-time PPE compliance information.

Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method of a visual sensor of a tactical gear to use facial recognition technology to identify a person of interest and to cause a responsive device on the tactical gear to notify a wearer. In one embodiment, a personal protective equipment includes a responsive device integrated in a tactical gear and a visual sensor. The visual sensor of the tactical gear identifies a target person using an identity artificial intelligence model. The responsive device notifies a wearer of the tactical gear when the visual sensor identifies the target person. Further, the responsive device notifies an additional person when the visual sensor identifies a threat to a protectee of the wearer and the additional person. The responsive device may vibrate when the visual sensor of the tactical gear detects an ambient threat to the protectee of the wearer.

The invention belongs to the technical field of personal protection equipment, and particularly relates to a lightweight cut-resistant four-dimensional structure fabric based on high-performance composite fibers and a preparation method of the lightweight cut-resistant four-dimensional structure fabric. The structure is based on a high-performance composite fiber material and a nano silicon carbide embedding technology of high-performance polyethylene fibers, the hardness bottleneck of a single material is broken through, and multi-fiber compatibility is improved through cooperation of polyurethane fiber surface activation and polyurethane fiber anti-melting modification. The gradient twist core sheath yarn is a high-performance composite yarn, and the strength and the flexibility are balanced. In the aspect of the oversleeve fabric structure, a three-dimensional protection system comprising a honeycomb structure, a silica gel liner and a skin-friendly inner layer is adopted, so that the integration of multiple functions of hydrophobicity, fusion resistance and buffering of a light-weight cut-resistant material is realized. Under the EN 388 standard, 5-level cutting prevention can be achieved, a single high-performance polyethylene fiber cutting prevention oversleeve can only reach 3-4 levels, the weight of the composite fiber material is reduced by 40% compared with that of a full aramid fiber oversleeve, the thickness is reduced by 25%, and the composite fiber material can be suitable for complex scenes such as petroleum and electric power.

The present disclosure provides an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) associated with a worker. The article of PPE includes at least one sensor configured to generate signals indicative of a sensed variable related to at least one of the worker and the work environment. The article of PPE further includes a processor communicably coupled to the at least one sensor and at least one other article of PPE associated with one other worker. The processor is configured to receive the signals from the at least one sensor. The processor is further configured to determine one or more messages corresponding to the signals. The processor is further configured to transmit the one or more messages directly to the at least one other article of PPE based on at least one of a push communication protocol, a pull communication protocol, and a continuous communication protocol.

The present invention relates of a biodegradable and hydrophobic polylactic acid (PLA) non-woven material and a process for manufacturing thereof, said PLA non-woven material comprising a non-woven fabric for personal protective equipment, and a non-woven fabric for the three layer surgical mask; said PLA non-woven material comprising a layer of nanofiber membrane and a layer of biodegradable spunbond fabric which could fulfil the international biodegradation standard EN13432. Said non-woven fabric for the PPE has at least 45N breaking force, at least 15% elongation, and having passed level 3 fluid resistance test according to AATCC 42 and AATCC 127.

A shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) for a personal protective equipment and a deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″) for such a shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″). The shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) comprises a deformable element; (10a, 10a′, 10a″) exhibiting a mechanical resistance against deformation and a flexible strap (16, 17) comprising a middle portion (16b) and two free end portions (16a) facing away from each other. The middle portion (16b) is tightly wrapped around the deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″) such that pulling the free end portions (16a) away from each other deforms the deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″). A protective helmet (100), a welding helmet (200), a face shield (400) or a respiratory device (300) comprising a hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410) and a shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) according to the present disclosure, wherein the hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410) of the protective helmet (100) comprises attachment means (130) for connecting the strap (16, 17) of the shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) to the hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410).

A shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) for a personal protective equipment and a deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″) for such a shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″). The shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) comprises a deformable element; (10a, 10a′, 10a″) exhibiting a mechanical resistance against deformation and a flexible strap (16, 17) comprising a middle portion (16b) and two free end portions (16a) facing away from each other. The middle portion (16b) is tightly wrapped around the deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″) such that pulling the free end portions (16a) away from each other deforms the deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″). A protective helmet (100), a welding helmet (200), a face shield (400) or a respiratory device (300) comprising a hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410) and a shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) according to the present disclosure, wherein the hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410) of the protective helmet (100) comprises attachment means (130) for connecting the strap (16, 17) of the shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) to the hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410).

A system includes personal protective equipment (PPE) configured to be worn by an agent. The PPE includes a sensor assembly configured to generate sensor data including one or more of motion data, heading data, and inertial data. The system also includes at least one computing device configured to receive the sensor data from the sensor assembly. The at least one computing device is also configured to generate pose data of the agent based on the sensor data in response to a series of movements by the agent away from an arrival point. The pose data includes an agent location, an agent heading, and a movement activity type for each pose in a series of poses. The at least one computing device is further configured to generate a navigation path based on the pose data.

The invention discloses a protective fabric with tear resistance and a preparation process thereof. According to the invention, through the three-layer structural design of the inner comfortable layer, the middle protective layer and the outer protective layer, performance optimization of the fabric in multiple aspects is realized. The inner comfortable layer is made of the polyester fibers and the spandex fibers, and the moisture-conducting and sweat-discharging auxiliaries are added, so that the softness and moisture-permeable and sweat-discharging capabilities of the contact surface of the fabric and the skin are ensured, and the comfort of a wearer is improved. The middle protective layer is combined with aramid fibers, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, carbon fibers and a thermoplastic polyurethane film, and high-strength, impact-resistant and puncture-resistant protective performance is formed. The outer protective layer utilizes the excellent characteristics of aramid fibers and polyimide fibers, and a fireproof agent and a wear-resistant agent are added, so that the wear-resistant and fireproof capabilities of the fabric are enhanced. Due to the multi-layer composite structure, the fabric is light and convenient, has high-strength tear resistance, and meets the high-standard requirement for personal protection equipment in a complex environment.

Disclosed are a method, system, and apparatus of a corrections officer tactical gear using computer vision to notify of an ambient threat. In one embodiment, a personal protective equipment includes a responsive device integrated in a tactical gear and a visual sensor of the tactical gear to identify an inmate using an inmate artificial intelligence model. The responsive device notifies a wearer of the tactical gear when the visual sensor identifies an ambient threat to the wearer and / or the inmate. A geo-location device may identify a present location of the wearer when the visual sensor identifies the inmate. When the visual sensor identifies the inmate, a present location of the wearer may be transmitted from the tactical gear to a command center of a correctional facility (e.g., may also identify a distance away and / or a location of the inmate from the present location of the wearer).

The present invention relates to an image processing system and an associated method. The method comprises receiving one or more images comprising image data relating to a user of a piece of equipment; processing the one or more images to determine whether a personal protective equipment (PPE) requirement is met, wherein determining whether the PPE requirement is met comprises processing the one or more images to determine whether the user is wearing PPE, and transmitting a signal to the piece of equipment to shut down at least part of the piece of equipment if the PPE requirement is not met.

Systems, methods, and other embodiments for a personal protective equipment (“PPE”) adapter system for use with an augmented / virtual / mixed reality (“AR”) devices and light devices, including an AR device having an AR viewing display and a headband operatively connected to the AR viewing display or a light device having an light module and a headband operatively connected to the light module, and a PPE hood operatively connected to the PPE adapter system, wherein the PPE hood includes a face shield, wherein the face shield is removably connected to the PPE adapter system.

Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method of a visual sensor of a tactical gear to use facial recognition technology to identify a person of interest and to cause a responsive device on the tactical gear to notify a wearer. In one embodiment, a personal protective equipment includes a responsive device integrated in a tactical gear and a visual sensor. The visual sensor of the tactical gear identifies a target person using an identity artificial intelligence model. The responsive device notifies a wearer of the tactical gear when the visual sensor identifies the target person. Further, the responsive device notifies an additional person when the visual sensor identifies a threat to a protectee of the wearer and the additional person. The responsive device may vibrate when the visual sensor of the tactical gear detects an ambient threat to the protectee of the wearer.

Monitoring systems and methods incorporating wearable personal protection items with intelligent sensor units configured to communicate with one another and determine proximity of individuals to one another while also monitoring personal wellness and safety protocol compliance across a community of persons.

Disclosed are a method, system, and apparatus of a biometric sensor of a tactical gear to monitor health and stress of a wearer. In one embodiment, personal protective equipment includes a language translator module integrated in a tactical gear, a biometric sensor, and a responsive device integrated in the tactical gear. A wearer bi-directionally communicates with an individual in an ambient environment using any language other than a primary language spoken by the wearer when the language translator module is activated. The biometric sensor detects the health condition of the wearer. The responsive device vibrates to notify the wearer when the biometric sensor detects an elevated stress level of the wearer of the tactical gear. The biometric sensor is detachable from the tactical gear and placeable on an injured person nearby to the wearer through an armband extendable from the biometric sensor when it is removed from the tactical gear.

In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; an industrial controller device that is configured to control an industrial device and includes a communication component; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE and the industrial controller device, wherein the computing device is configured to: receive PPE data from the article of PPE and industrial controller data from the industrial controller device; determine, based at least in part on a set of the PPE data that temporally corresponds to a set of the industrial controller data, an occurrence of a safety event; and perform, based at least in part on the determination of the safety event, at least one operation.

Disclosed are a method, system, and apparatus of a biometric sensor of a tactical gear to monitor health and stress of a wearer. In one embodiment, personal protective equipment includes a language translator module integrated in a tactical gear, a biometric sensor, and a responsive device integrated in the tactical gear. A wearer bi-directionally communicates with an individual in an ambient environment using any language other than a primary language spoken by the wearer when the language translator module is activated. The biometric sensor detects the health condition of the wearer. The responsive device vibrates to notify the wearer when the biometric sensor detects an elevated stress level of the wearer of the tactical gear. The biometric sensor is detachable from the tactical gear and placeable on an injured person nearby to the wearer through an armband extendable from the biometric sensor when it is removed from the tactical gear.

In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; an industrial controller device that is configured to control an industrial device and includes a communication component; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE and the industrial controller device, wherein the computing device is configured to: receive PPE data from the article of PPE and industrial controller data from the industrial controller device; determine, based at least in part on a set of the PPE data that temporally corresponds to a set of the industrial controller data, an occurrence of a safety event; and perform, based at least in part on the determination of the safety event, at least one operation.

Improved personal protective equipment facial wear including, in one embodiment, an at least partly adhesive mask, and one or more adhesive eye shields. In one implementation, the mask avoids significant contact with the delicate periorbital skin of the wearer, yet provides a substantially airtight seal so as to preclude moisture vapor transfer and “fogging” of eyeware or instruments. In another implementation, adherence of the eye shield is at least partially overlapping with the mask and creates an at least partial seal around a perimeter of the eye shield. Further, an at least partial seal is formed around a perimeter of the mask. The mask and eye shield additionally prevent nasal air flow obstruction, and address the problem of skin irritation and attachment during normal facial expression and movement of the wearer.

An electronically controlled tactile alert system for use in equipment, such as personal protective equipment like respiratory protection systems used in firefighting, comprising one or more sensors, a processor, and an actuator to generate impulses that are tactilely sensed by a user of the equipment.

The present invention relates to a safety compliance, identification, and security monitoring system that includes a monitoring device operable to capture images / videos of a predefined area and persons and events within the area. The monitoring device is further operable to determine whether persons within the area are wearing required personal protective equipment. In one embodiment, the monitoring device initiates an alert a safety equipment infraction. In one embodiment, the system is operable to further record an incident report identifying the nature, date, and location of the infraction, as well as the identity of the person committing the infraction. In one embodiment, the system is operable to monitor various external conditions, such as heat, humidity, smoke, and initiate an alert of the external condition detected. In one embodiment, the system detects quality assurance / quality control issues, including situations involving inspecting equipment, tools, and / or materials for non-conformance.

Diamond sensors for temperature and radiation measurement and helmet for real-time temperature and radiation detection The disclosure relates to a manufacturing process of temperature sensors with detection properties through thermal conduction and electromagnetic radiation. These temperature sensors are NTC (negative temperature coefficient) thermistors that are based on diamond films on flat semiconductor and ceramic substrates. These sensors comprise a diamond surface that is sensitive to temperature and radiation, on one of the substrate surfaces, whether or not protected by a non-temperature-sensitive diamond surface and metal carbide ohmic contacts on the other surface of the substrate. The disclosure also relates to personal protective equipment (PPE) comprising the temperature and infrared radiation detection system for integration into helmets with sensors with high durability and small size, aimed at preventing injuries to professionals from exposure to extreme conditions. The sensors comprising this detection system consist of a layer of polycrystalline boron-doped diamond overlaid by a layer of non-boron-doped polycrystalline diamond.

A Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ensemble made up of a launderable protective hood and either an air dispersion protective headgear, or an air dispersion protective face shield assembly, is provided. In a first exemplary embodiment, the PPE ensemble is made up of a launderable hood that is detachably affixed to and forms a gas-restrictive seal with a protective face shield assembly, an air-supplied protective suit having an air supply inlet / outlet assembly, and an air dispersion protective headgear releasably coupled to the air supply inlet / outlet assembly of the protective suit. In a second exemplary embodiment, instead of an air dispersion protective headgear, the PPE ensemble is made up of an air dispersion protective face shield assembly and a standard protective headgear. The PPE ensemble, among other things, maintains or cools the skin temperature of a wearer's face during use and thus reduces wearer fatigue.

The invention provides a limited space operation potential safety hazard identification early warning method and device, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the fusion of images captured by image collection devices which are scattered at a plurality of positions of a limited space operation site, and obtaining a limited space operation panoramic image; inputting the confined space operation panoramic image into a trained deep learning model to identify personal protection equipment and on-site safety facilities in the confined space operation panoramic image, and obtaining an identification result; the identification result comprises the wearing condition of personal protection equipment and the setting condition of field safety facilities; configuring a trigger condition for generating an early warning signal, and generating a corresponding early warning signal based on an identification result; and sending the early warning signal to a mobile device or a control center through a plurality of channels. The working state of the limited space can be monitored in real time, potential safety hazards are automatically recognized, early warning is given out in time, safety accidents caused by human factors are remarkably reduced, and a safer and more reliable working environment is provided for working in the limited space.

The present invention discloses a method for analyzing virus transmission in the cabin of a civil airliner, including collecting parameters of the civil airliner, constructing a physical model of the cabin in a selected space using 3D modeling software; performing mesh division on the constructed physical model of the cabin; simulating the physically modeled cabin after mesh division; determining the simulated path of virus diffusion, as well as the velocity field and concentration field of diffusion according to the simulation results; calculating the probability of infection risk for passengers in the cabin under different states of the personalized ventilation outlet above the infected passenger based on the mathematical model of virus transmission in the cabin of a civil airliner. The present invention provides suggestions for flight crew and passengers to reasonably arrange cabin activities and use personal protective equipment, reduce the infection risk of other passengers, isolate infected persons as much as possible, block virus transmission, and is of great significance to the physical health of passengers and flight crew.

The application relates to a personal protective equipment wearing compliance identification method and system and electronic equipment. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a two-dimensional image containing an operator wearing personal protective equipment; identifying the two-dimensional image to generate a human skeleton model and an equipment component model respectively; based on the human skeleton model and the equipment component model, a human-equipment semantic topology graph is constructed through hierarchical constraint solving; and based on a preset compliance constraint library, wearing compliance identification is performed on the human-equipment semantic topology graph to obtain an identification result. The method solves the technical problem that the prior art cannot accurately determine whether correct physical connection and structural topology relationship are formed between equipment components according to safety specifications, and can only identify the 'existence' and 'approximate position' of components, resulting in a high false alarm rate and poor reliability. The method achieves the technical effects of accurately restoring the real wearing structure of the equipment, effectively identifying hidden safety hazards and significantly reducing the false alarm rate and the missed detection rate.

Disclosed herein is a photo-polymerizable coating with broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties designed for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as face masks.

The invention relates to the technical field of radiation protection, in particular to personal protection equipment for radiation detection, which comprises a helmet body, a support ring, connecting cloth and a protection component, and the protection component comprises an assembly groove, two standby grooves, a filter element, a magnetic annular unit, a lifting pushing unit and a transverse pushing mechanism. The lifting pushing unit drives the filter element needing to be replaced to move downwards, the filter element is pushed into the magnetic attraction annular unit through the transverse pushing mechanism and driven to the outside of the assembling groove through the magnetic attraction annular unit to be cleaned, and meanwhile the unused filter element is pushed out of the standby groove to be used in a linkage mode. After the external filter element is cleaned, the filter element is put into the assembly groove again for use; therefore, the working efficiency of ionizing radiation monitoring is remarkably improved, meanwhile, radioactive cross contamination of working places or workers caused by the fact that the workers need to enter and exit a high-activity area, a low-activity area, a clean area and other related areas of a non-sealed radioactive substance working place when the filter element is replaced is avoided, and therefore the physical health and life safety of the radiation workers are ensured.

The present disclosure is related to a facial covering assembly. The facial covering assembly includes a form structure comprising a form structure opening, an inner frame coupled to the form structure, an outer frame coupled to the inner frame, a filter material coupled to the inner frame and disposed between the inner frame and the outer frame, and a fastener coupled to the inner frame. The inner frame includes an inner frame body and an inner frame opening disposed in the inner frame body. The outer frame includes an outer frame body and an outer frame opening disposed in the outer frame body.

A protective textile used for manufacturing personal protective equipment includes at least three yarns. A first composite yarn includes a tungsten core, a sheath made of a polyester filaments covering the tungsten core, and an outer layer comprising a plurality of para-aramid filaments wrapped around the sheath. A second composite yarn has a spandex core with polyester wound around it. A third yarn is made of fire-resistant spun acrylic. All three yarns are combined into a single feed to manufacture the protective textile, which can be formed into a glove or a sleeve. A fourth yarn made of a rubber core wrapped in a double covering of polyester may be used in the cuffs of the glove / sleeve for additional elasticity. A fifth yarn having a spandex core covered with fire-resistant spun acrylic fiber may be used in the palm of the sleeve for additional coverage and elasticity.