Badge Holder Proximity Alerting System for Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing personal safety devices for user identification badges in working environments primarily alert others to the wearer's presence but fail to provide situational awareness to the wearer and are limited in alerting nearby individuals, especially those behind obstacles, and lack functionality to convey emergency information.
Innovation Solution
A badge holding system with a housing that includes a proximity identification system, alerting output device, location tracking, and emergency alarm functionality, allowing the wearer to be alerted to nearby objects and enabling the transmission of alarm signals with location information to dispatch personnel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If personal safety devices are attached to a lanyard or backpack, then the device can alert others to the wearer's presence, but the wearer lacks situational awareness of nearby objects or people
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single badge holder device: it integrates the personal safety alerting function (alerting others to presence) with the situational awareness function (detecting and alerting the wearer to nearby objects). The badge holder includes both an alerting output device to alert others and a proximity identification system with processor to detect nearby objects and alert the wearer, merging these previously separate functions into one integrated device.
2Reliability
If personal safety devices alert others to presence, then safety awareness is improved, but the alert may not reach individuals behind obstacles or in certain positions relative to the wearer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a proximity identification system as an intermediary that actively detects the presence and location of other individuals using sensors (such as RFID, ultrasonic, or other detection technologies). This intermediary system identifies nearby objects or people regardless of their position relative to the wearer, and the processor uses this information to trigger alerts, ensuring that all nearby individuals are detected and alerted upon approach, overcoming the limitations of passive alerting methods.
3Device complexity
If traditional personal safety devices are used, then the device structure remains simple, but the device cannot convey emergency information or provide additional safety functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality in the badge holder by integrating: (1) personal safety alerting function, (2) proximity detection and situational awareness function, (3) emergency information conveyance function through visual or audible alerts, and (4) notification function for nearby individuals. The processor coordinates these multiple functions, allowing the device to adapt to different safety scenarios and provide comprehensive safety functionality beyond simple presence alerting.
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AI summary
A badge holding system, a holder for a user identification badge and an associated method are provided in order to provide an alert in response to the identification of one or more objects proximate the holder of the badge holding system. In relation to a holder, the holder includes a housing to receive and hold the user identification badge and a controller carried by the housing. The holder also includes a proximity identification system carried by the housing to identify one or more objects proximate the holder. The proximity identification system also provides information to the controller regarding the one or more objects that have been identified. The holder further includes an alerting output device carried by the housing and responsive to the controller. The alerting output device provides an alert in response to identification of one or more objects proximate the holder.