IMAGE RECOGNITION FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT IN WORK AREAS
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving one or more images of a person from one or more image capture devices in response to an input;
identifying one or more items of personal protective equipment in the one or more images;
determining the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment relative to the person in the one or more images; and
verifying compliance with personal protective equipment standards based on the one or more identified items of personal protective equipment and the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment.
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Abstract
A method comprises receiving one or more images of a person from one or more image capture devices in response to an input, identifying one or more items of personal protective equipment in the one or more images, determining the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment relative to the person in the one or more images, and verifying compliance with personal protective equipment standards based on the one or more identified items of personal protective equipment and the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving one or more images of a person from one or more image capture devices in response to an input; identifying one or more items of personal protective equipment in the one or more images; determining the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment relative to the person in the one or more images; and verifying compliance with personal protective equipment standards based on the one or more identified items of personal protective equipment and the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A personal protective equipment compliance system comprising:
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a memory comprising a non-transitory, computer readable media; a processor; and an image recognition processing tool that, when executed by the processor, configures the processor to; receive a trigger signal from a trigger device; receive one or more images from an image capture device in response to receiving the trigger signal; detect one or more items of personal protective equipment within the one or more images; detect the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment on a person within the one or more images when the one or more items of personal protective equipment are detected; identify the type of the one or more items of personal protective equipment when the one or more items of personal protective equipment are detected; verify compliance with one or more personal protective equipment standards based on the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment and the type of the one or more items of personal protective equipment; and send an output signal to a device indicative of the compliance verification. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A personal protective equipment compliance system comprising:
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a memory comprising a non-transitory, computer readable media; a processor; and an image processing tool that, when executed by the processor, configures the processor to; determine a location of a person within a work area based on a signal from a location device; direct one or more image capture devices to the location of the person; receive one or more images from the one or more image capture devices; detect or identify the types of one or more items of personal protective equipment within the one or more images; detect the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment on a person within the one or more images when the one or more items of personal protective equipment are detected; and verify compliance with one or more personal protective equipment standards based on the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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