Workplace Safety Positioning System with Triangulation Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing workplace safety alert systems cannot accurately track and identify the relative position of pedestrians or objects in real-time, leading to potential accidents and difficulties in determining responsibility after an incident.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that establish safety regions with different alert levels within a workplace, using position information to determine the location of objects and issuing alert signals via a combination of emitters, receivers, and processors, integrated with safety clothing and vehicles, to prevent accidents by warning individuals of potential risks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional alert systems with emitters and receivers are used to warn workers of oncoming vehicles, then workers at remote distances can be alerted, but the system cannot track and identify relative position between pedestrians and dangerous objects in real time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a positioning system as an intermediary component between the traditional alert system and the environment. This positioning system uses emitters worn by pedestrians and receivers installed in vehicles to calculate real-time relative positions, serving as a mediator that enables precise position tracking and enhances accident prevention capability without compromising the existing alert functionality.
2Measurement precision
If the system divides the workplace into multiple regions with different safety levels, then more accurate safety monitoring is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the workplace into multiple regions (first region, second region, third region) with different safety levels. Each region is assigned specific characteristics and alert signal types, enabling differentiated safety monitoring. This segmentation allows the system to provide precise safety level differentiation while managing complexity through structured regional classification.
3Reliability
If real-time position tracking and region identification are implemented to prevent accidents, then accident prevention capability is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring position increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the positioning system continuously monitors pedestrian and vehicle positions, compares them against defined regions, and provides real-time feedback through alert signals. This feedback loop enables effective accident avoidance by constantly updating position information and triggering appropriate alerts when pedestrians enter dangerous zones, thereby improving reliability while managing detection difficulty through automated feedback processing.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution effectively prevents accidents by accurately determining the position of objects within defined safety regions and issuing appropriate alerts, enhancing workplace safety by minimizing the risk of collisions between pedestrians and cargo vehicles or machinery.
Implementation Method 1
determining a position of the object includes using a triangulation approach to finding the position of the object via signals from at least three receivers and wherein the signals are received from an emitter at a position of the object
Data Source
AI summary
A method is provided to avoid risk at a workplace. The method comprises establishing an indication including a first region with a first safety level at the workplace; determining a position of an object in the workplace and generating position information; and issuing a first alert if it is determined that the object is in the first region based on the position information and the indication.