18947466. CONTEXT-BASED PROGRAMMABLE SAFETY RULES FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY)

CONTEXT-BASED PROGRAMMABLE SAFETY RULES FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Organization Name

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor(s)

Kiran S. Kanukurthy of Woodbury MN (US)

Steven T. Awiszus of Woodbury MN (US)

Eric C. Lobner of Woodbury MN (US)

Michael G. Wurm of Waukesha WI (US)

Kenneth J. Gamberini of North Prairie WI (US)

CONTEXT-BASED PROGRAMMABLE SAFETY RULES FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18947466 titled 'CONTEXT-BASED PROGRAMMABLE SAFETY RULES FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Original Abstract Submitted

In some examples, a system includes: an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE, wherein the computing device: receives context data that is based on one or more of the article of PPE, a work environment for the article of PPE, or a worker assigned to the article of PPE; selects, based at least in part on the context data, a set of programmable safety rules that are contextually associated with the at least one article of PPE; sends the programmable safety rules to one or more of the article of PPE or a data hub communicatively coupled to the article of PPE; and wherein the programmable safety rules are configured at the article of PPE or the data hub to perform one or more operations based at least in part on PPE data.