Workplace activity evaluator

• US 10,176,529 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2016
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Amigo, Andrew J., Gingrave, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Foxx, Chico A
• Application Number:
  US15/393,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20170109829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

An activity evaluator includes an evaluation module configured to collect human activity data from at least two sensors, which may include a sensor on equipment, a location sensor, an RFID sensor, a physiological sensor, a weight sensor, a chemical sensor, a heat sensor, a pressure sensor and a camera, and analyze the collected data to determine an activity evaluation indicative of an activity safety level. A communications module is configured to communicate at least one of the activity evaluation and the collective activity level-related data to a distinct computer system. The activity evaluation may be employed in providing feedback to an individual.

Claims

1. An activity evaluation computer system, comprising:

an electronic evaluation module configured to;

collect, from at least a first workplace sensor and a second workplace sensor, activity data corresponding to activity of a worker at a workplace associated with a workplace entity while the worker is performing work related activities associated with the workplace, the worker associated with but distinct from the workplace entity, each of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor comprising one of a sensor on a piece of equipment, a location sensor, an RFID sensor, a physiological sensor, a weight sensor, a chemical sensor, a heat sensor, a pressure sensor, and a camera;

analyze the collected activity data to determine an activity evaluation indicative of an activity safety level of the worker while the worker is performing the work related activities associated with the workplace;

output the activity evaluation; and

a communications module configured to communicate at least one of the collected activity data and the activity evaluation to a computer system, operated by a second entity distinct from both the workplace entity and the worker, the second entity computer system adjusting risk-related parameters associated with risk coverage corresponding to the workplace entity based on the at least one of the collected activity data and the activity evaluation.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor is worn by the worker, and is configured to provide a notification if the at least one of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor is removed from the worker.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the electronic evaluation module is further configured to disregard at least one of small movements below a threshold distance and brief movements below a threshold duration corresponding to a movement of the worker sensed by one or both of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor in the determination of the activity evaluation.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein one of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor comprises one of a location sensor and a camera;

and

wherein the movement of the worker corresponds to one or more of body movement of the worker, body orientation of the worker, frequency of the movement of the worker, duration of the movement of the worker, and a movement distance of the worker in the determination of the activity evaluation.

5. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising an output device configured to provide feedback that is based at least in part on the activity evaluation.

6. The computer system of claim 5, wherein the output device is configured to provide real-time feedback to at least one of the worker and the workplace entity, the feedback comprising at least one of a visual, an audio, and a tactile stimulus.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the physiological sensor comprises one of a heart rate sensor, a blood pressure sensor, and a pedometer.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the electronic evaluation module being configured to analyze the collected activity data to determine the activity evaluation indicative of the activity safety level of the worker comprises the electronic evaluation module being configured to determine whether the worker has conformed with workplace safety guidelines including determining a number of times the worker has accessed hazardous areas at the workplace.

9. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the worker is an employee of the workplace entity.

10. A computer-implemented method for evaluating activity of a worker, comprising:

collecting, by an electronic evaluation module from at least a first workplace sensor and a second workplace sensor, activity data corresponding to activity of the worker at a workplace associated with a workplace entity while the worker is performing work related activities associated with the workplace, the worker associated with but distinct from the workplace entity, each of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor comprising one of a sensor on a piece of equipment, a location sensor, an RFID sensor, a physiological sensor, a weight sensor, a chemical sensor, a heat sensor, a pressure sensor, and a camera;

analyzing, by the electronic evaluation module, the collected activity data to determine an activity evaluation indicative of an activity safety level of the worker while the worker is performing the work related activities associated with the workplace;

outputting, by the electronic evaluation module, the activity evaluation; and

communicating, by a communications module to a second entity computer system operated by a second entity distinct from both the workplace entity and the worker, at least one of the collected activity data and the activity evaluation, the second entity computer system adjusting risk-related parameters associated with risk coverage corresponding to the workplace entity based on the at least one of the collected activity data and the activity evaluation.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor is worn by the worker, and provides a notification if the at least one of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor is removed from the worker.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein determining the activity evaluation comprises disregarding at least one of small movements below a threshold distance and brief movements below a threshold duration corresponding to a movement of the worker sensed by one of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein one of the first workplace sensor and the second workplace sensor comprises one of a location sensor, and a camera;

and

wherein the movement of the worker corresponds to one or more of body movement of the worker, body orientation of the worker, frequency of the movement of the worker, duration of the movement of the worker, and a movement distance of the worker in the determination of the activity evaluation.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising outputting, by an output device, feedback that is based at least in part on the activity evaluation.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising outputting, by an output device, real-time feedback to at least one of the worker and the workplace entity, the feedback comprising at least one of a visual, an audio, and a tactile stimulus.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the physiological sensor comprises one of a heart rate sensor, a blood pressure sensor, and a pedometer.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein analyzing the collected activity data to determine the activity evaluation indicative of the activity safety level of the worker comprises determining whether the worker has conformed with workplace safety guidelines including determining a number of times the worker has accessed hazardous areas at the workplace.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the worker is an employee of the workplace entity, and the workplace entity is a contractor at a workplace location.