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US 11,900,777 · App. 17/435,894 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Work content detection determination device, work content detection determination system, and wearable sensor embedded glove

Inventors: Tetsuya Ishimaru (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Yoshimoto (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiro Wakisaka (Tokyo, JP); Nobuyuki Sugii (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
G08B21/02G01L1/20G01P13/00G01P15/00H04R1/08
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Patent No.
US 11,900,777
App. No.
17/435,894
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A work detection determination system performs detection determination on a work with high accuracy. The work detection determination system includes a glove that is worn on a hand of a worker and includes a microphone detecting a work sound of a hand operation in which the hand works on a work target through a contact of the hand with the work target, a pressure sensor detecting a pressure of a work of the hand operation, a motion sensor detecting a motion of the hand operation, and a transmitting unit transmitting a sound signal of the microphone, a pressure signal of the pressure sensor, and a motion signal of the motion sensor; a receiving unit that receives the sound signal, the pressure signal, and the motion signal transmitted from the transmitting unit; a work determination unit that performs detection determination of a work content of the worker by using the sound signal, the pressure signal, and the motion signal; and a notification unit that notifies a determination result of the work determination unit.

Claims (44)

1. A work content detection determination system comprising:

a glove that is worn on a hand of a worker, the glove comprising:

a microphone detecting a work sound of a hand operation in which the hand works on a work target through a contact of the hand with the work target,

a pressure sensor detecting a pressure of a work of the hand operation,

a motion sensor detecting a motion of the hand operation, and

a wireless transmitter transmitting a sound signal of the microphone, a pressure signal of the pressure sensor, and a motion signal of the motion sensor; and

a computer configured to:

receive the sound signal, the pressure signal, and the motion signal transmitted from the wireless transmitter of the glove;

detect a slip signal based on a change in the pressure signal;

determine a work content of the worker by using the sound signal, the pressure signal, and the motion signal, the work content determined further based on a difference between a detection timing of a predetermined work sound detected in the sound signal and a detection timing of the slip signal satisfying a threshold; and

generate a notification for display that indicates the work content of the worker.

2. The work content detection determination system according to claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured to:

determine the work content by using a detection timing of a predetermined work sound detected in the sound signal, a detection timing of a predetermined pressure detected in the pressure signal, and a detection timing of a predetermined motion detected in the motion signal.

3. The work content detection determination system according to claim 2 , wherein the computer is further configured to:

detect the predetermined work sound in the sound signal using the pressure signal.

4. The work content detection determination system according to claim 1 , wherein the microphone is first microphone and the glove further comprises a second microphone, the first microphone attached to a first location close to a place where the work sound is generated, the second microphone attached to a second location farther from the place where work sound is generated than the first location.

5. The work content detection determination system according to claim 4 , wherein the computer is further configured to detect a predetermined work sound in the sound signal based on a difference in volumes or propagation characteristics indicated in a first signal generated by the first microphone and a second signal generated by the second microphone.

6. The work content detection determination system according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure sensor and the motion sensor comprise a pressure sensitive sheet including conductive particles, the pressure sensitive sheet configured to:

detect a pressure from a sensing signal thereof; and

detect a slip signal based on a change of the sensing signal.

7. The work content detection determination system according to claim 6 , wherein the computer is further configured to:

determine the work content based on a timing of detecting the slip signal occurring after the detection timing of a predetermined work sound detected in the sound signal.

8. The work content detection determination system according to claim 6 , wherein the motion sensor comprises an acceleration sensor configured to generate an acceleration signal, and

the computer is further configured to determine the work content based on a detection timing of a predetermined work sound detected in the sound signal, a detection timing of predetermined slippage detected in the slip signal, and a detection timing of a predetermined acceleration the acceleration signal.

9. The work content detection determination system according to claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor comprises an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration signal, and

the computer is further configured to determine the work content using a detection timing of a predetermined work sound detected in the sound signal, a detection timing of a predetermined pressure detected in the pressure signal, and a detection timing of a predetermined acceleration detected in the acceleration signal.

10. The work content detection determination system according to claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured to store the work content in memory as a work log in association with work information registered in advance.

11. The work content detection determination system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

processor configured to generate a composite signal based on the sound signal from the microphone and the pressure signal from the pressure sensor, and

wherein:

the wireless transmitter is furhter configured to wirelessly transmit the composite signal to the computer as a single wireless signal, and

the computer is further configured to determine the work content responsive to decomposing the composite signal into sensor information signals to which times are assigned.

12. A wearable sensor embedded glove that is worn on a hand of a worker and observes a hand operation in which the hand works on a work target through a contact of the hand with the work target, the glove comprising:

a microphone that detects a work sound of the work target;

a pressure sensor that detects a pressure of a work of the hand operation;

a motion sensor that detects a motion of the hand; and

a wireless transmitter that wirelessly transmits signals of the microphone, the pressure sensor, and the motion sensor to a computer, causing the computer to determine a work content of the worker based on a difference between a detection timing of a predetermined work sound in a sound signal detected by the microphone and a detection timing of a slip signal in a pressure signal detected by the pressure sensor satisfying a threshold.

13. The wearable sensor embedded glove according to claim 12 , wherein the pressure sensor is further configured to detect a pressure of the work of the hand operation and to detect the slip signal.

14. The wearable sensor embedded glove according to claim 12 , wherein the microphone is a first microphone, and the wearable sensor embedded glove further comprises a second microphone, the first microphone attached to a first location close to a place where the work sound is generated, the second microphone attached to a second location farther from the place where work sound is generated than the first location.

15. A system, comprising:

a computer configured to:

receive, from a glove comprising a microphone, a pressure sensor, and an acceleration sensor, a sound signal from the microphone detecting a work sound, a pressure signal from the pressure sensor detecting a pressure of a work of a hand operation, a slip signal detected by the pressure sensor, and an acceleration signal from the acceleration sensor detecting an acceleration of the glove;

detect a slip signal based on a change in the pressure signal; and

determine a work content of a worker based on the sound signal, the pressure signal, the slip signal and the acceleration signal, the work content determined further based on a difference between a detection timing of a predetermined work sound detected in the sound signal and a detection timing of the slip signal satisfying a threshold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2021
From: ISHIMARU, TETSUYA; YOSHIMOTO, HIROYUKI; WAKISAKA, YOSHIHIRO; SUGII, NOBUYUKI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057373/0134 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-115047 · Jun 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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