IP Library Granted Patent US 9,905,107
Granted Patent B2
US 9,905,107 · App. 15/220,942 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Providing predictive alerts for workplace safety

Inventors: James Wei Weng Chong (Singapore, SG); Hanny Kusumawardhani (Singapore, SG); Ramdan Bin Mohd Pawi (Singapore, SG); Yevgeniy Kim (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
G08B21/0453G06Q10/0633
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Patent No.
US 9,905,107
App. No.
15/220,942
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device may receive one or more environmental measurements associated with a workplace. The device may receive one or more physiological measurements associated with a worker. The one or more physiological measurements may be different from the one or more environmental measurements. The device may generate a safety score for the worker based on the one or more environmental measurements and the one or more physiological measurements. The device may provide information regarding the worker based on the safety score.

Claims (94)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system, one or more environmental measurements associated with a workplace;

receiving, by the system, one or more physiological measurements associated with a first worker,

the one or more physiological measurements being different from the one or more environmental measurements;

generating, by the system, a first safety score for the first worker based on the one or more environmental measurements and the one or more physiological measurements;

generating, by the system and based on the first safety score, a second safety score for a second worker; and

providing, by the system and based on the second safety score, an instruction to equipment to at least one of:

shut down the equipment,

reboot the equipment,

reduce throughput or operating speed of the equipment,

reconfigure the equipment, or

power off a particular area of the workplace.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving work information associated with the first worker or the workplace,

the work information being different from the one or more physiological measurements and the one or more environmental measurements; and

where generating the first safety score further comprises:

generating the first safety score based on the work information.

3. The method of claim 2 , where the work information includes at least one of:

a type of work associated with the first worker,

a work schedule associated with the first worker,

a work history associated with the first worker,

layout information associated with a layout of the workplace, or

equipment information associated with equipment located in the workplace.

4. The method of claim 2 , where receiving the work information comprises:

obtaining a model of behavior of the first worker over time;

determining, based on the model, whether the first worker is behaving normally or abnormally; and

generating the work information based on determining whether the first worker is behaving normally or abnormally.

5. The method of claim 1 , where receiving the one or more environmental measurements comprises:

receiving the one or more environmental measurements from one or more environmental sensors located in the workplace.

6. The method of claim 1 , where receiving the one or more physiological measurements comprises:

receiving the one or more physiological measurements from one or more wearable devices worn by or carried by the first worker.

7. The method of claim 1 , where the first safety score indicates at least one of:

a current risk level associated with the first worker, or

a predicted future risk level associated with the first worker.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

providing an alert regarding the first worker based on the first safety score.

9. A device, comprising:

one or more environmental sensors to obtain one or more environmental measurements associated with a workplace,

one or more physiological sensors to obtain one or more physiological measurements associated with a worker located in the workplace,

the one or more physiological measurements being different from the one or more environmental measurements;

at least one of:

a communication interface to provide the one or more environmental measurements and the one or more physiological measurements and to receive an alert based on a safety score generated using the one or more environmental measurements and the one or more physiological measurements, or

one or more processors to generate the safety score based on the one or more environmental measurements and the one or more physiological measurements; and

an output component to output a signal based on receiving the alert or generating the safety score,

the signal including an instruction to equipment to at least one of:

shut down the equipment,

reboot the equipment,

reduce throughput or operating speed of the equipment,

reconfigure the equipment, or

power off a particular area of the workplace.

10. The device of claim 9 , where the device is a wearable device worn by the worker.

11. The device of claim 9 , where the device includes the communication interface and the one or more processors; and

where the one or more processors are to:

determine whether the device is in communication with a remote device capable of generating the safety score and providing the alert; and

selectively generate the safety score based on determining whether the device is in communication with the remote device,

the safety score being generated by the one or more processors when the device is not in communication with the remote device.

12. The device of claim 9 , where the communication interface is to:

receive work information from a remote device,

the work information being different from the one or more environmental measurements and the one or more physiological measurements; and

where the one or more processors are to:

generate the safety score based on receiving the work information from the remote device.

13. The device of claim 9 , where the one or more processors are to:

identify one or more proximate devices in communication with the device; and

where the output component is to:

output the signal to the one or more proximate devices.

14. The device of claim 9 , where the one or more processors are to:

identify one or more proximate devices in communication with the device; and

where the output component is to:

output information that identifies the one or more proximate devices.

15. The device of claim 9 , where the signal is a first signal, and

where the output component is further to:

output a second signal,

the second signal being a visible signal or an audible signal.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive one or more environmental measurements associated with a workplace;

receive one or more physiological measurements associated with a first worker,

the one or more physiological measurements being different from the one or more environmental measurements;

generate a first safety score for the first worker based on the one or more environmental measurements and the one or more physiological measurements;

generate based on the first safety score, a second safety score for a second worker; and

provide information regarding the second worker based on the second safety score.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive work information associated with the first worker or the workplace,

the work information being different from the one or more physiological measurements and the one or more environmental measurements; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to generate the first safety score, cause the one or more processors to:

generate the first safety score based on the work information.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to provide the information regarding the second worker, cause the one or more processors to:

provide an alert to a wearable device worn by or carried by the second worker.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to provide the information regarding the second worker, cause the one or more processors to:

provide the information for display by a user interface that provides an alert, regarding the second worker, based on the second safety score.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to generate the first safety score for the first worker, cause the one or more processors to:

generate the first safety score for the first worker based on at least one of:

another safety score calculated for another worker, or

a location of the first worker and another location of the other worker.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2016
From: CHONG, JAMES WEI WENG; KUSUMAWARDHANI, HANNY; PAWI, RAMDAN BIN MOHD; KIM, YEVGENIY
To: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Continuity (1)
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