DEVICE FOR THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE EXPOSURE OF ONE OR MORE PERSONS TO ONE OR MORE PRODUCTS OF CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN AND METHOD FOR THE USE OF SUCH A DEVICE

• US 20110004410A1
• Filed: 02/03/2010
• Published: 01/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Limagrain Europe (Groupe Limagrain Holding SA)
• Original Assignee: Biogemma
• Inventors: Perez, Pascual, HATSCH, DIDIER
• Granted Patent: US 9,043,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A device for the collection and processing of information relating to the exposure of one or more persons (3) to one or more products of chemical or biological origin, comprises:

• • at least one coded sensor (4) for automatic or semi-automatic identification of a person (3) likely to be exposed to at least one product,
  • at least one coded sensor (40) for the collection of information relating to the handling of at least one product by the person (3) likely to be exposed to the product,
  • at least one sensor (41) for validating the information collected by the identification and collection sensors (4, 40),
  • at least one module (5) for reading at least one coded sensor (4, 40),
  • a module (12) for processing information collected by the sensors (4, 40 to 44).

Claims

1. A device for the collection and processing of information relating to the exposure of one or more persons to one or more products of chemical or biological origin, comprising:

at least one first coded sensor for automatic or semi-automatic identification of at least one of the persons likely to be exposed to at least one of the products,

at least one coded sensor for the collection of information relating to the handling of the at least one product by the person likely to be exposed to the product,

at least one sensor for validating the information collected by the identification and collection sensors,

at least one module for reading at least one coded sensor, and

a module for processing information collected by the sensors.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a data storage module.

3. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a module for transmitting the collected data.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the validation sensors are adapted to validate, modify, supplement or cancel at least some of the information collected by the identification and information collection sensors.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the coded sensors is a barcode.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein all of the coded sensors used are barcodes.

7. A method for the use of a device according to claim 1, comprising:

a) an automatic or semi-automatic identification of every person likely to be exposed using the first coded sensor,

b) a semi-automatic identification, using a second coded sensor, of one or more products of chemical or biological origin used by the person identified in step a), and

c) a verification during which at least some of the collected information can be validated, modified, supplemented or cancelled.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein in step c), the verification is carried out using a coded sensor by the person identified in step a).

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein in step b), the identification relates to a handling operation including one or more products of a predefined quality and quantity.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein during step b), the identification relates to a single given product.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein before step a), a database is created which identifies all of the persons likely to use products.

12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising a list of predefined products and the predefined products comprising chosen products,

wherein before step b), a database is created gathering all of the information relating to the chosen products from the list of predefined products, and also handling operations including these products.

13. The method according to claim 7, wherein after step b), an additional step a) of identification of the person is carried out.

14. The method according to claim 7, wherein the order in which steps a) and b) is carried out is random.

15. A method for the collection and processing of information relating to the exposure of at least one person to at least one product of chemical or biological origin, comprising:

identifying the at least one person likely to be exposed to the at least one product of chemical or biological origin,

generating a control level for the at least one person to determine access to the at least one product, and

verifying exposure of the at least one product accessible to the at least one person.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the identification of the at least one person is automatic or semi-automatic.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the control level can be modified.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein verification of exposure of the at least one product to the at least one person is validated, modified, supplemented or cancelled.

19. The Method according to claim 15, further comprising:

generating a database identifying the at least one product and the at least one person exposed to the product.