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Systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for monitoring health of employees using mobile devices

  • US 10,108,783 B2
  • Filed: 07/02/2012
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system to monitor health of an employee in a work environment, the system comprising:

  • a communications network;

    a health database connected to the communications network, the database storing health information for one or more employees;

    a set of one or more health sensors configured to sense health characteristics of the employee, and to output health sensor data corresponding to the health characteristics sensed by the set of one or more health sensors, the set of one or more health sensors comprisinga pair of work gloves comprising;

    hand force sensors comprising a right hand force sensor located in a right work glove of the pair of work gloves to be worn on a right hand of the employee and a left hand force sensor located in a left work glove of the pair of work gloves to be worn on a left hand of the employee, the right hand force sensor configured to sense a force at the right hand of the employee, the left hand force sensor configured to sense a force at the left hand of the employee, and the hand force sensors configured to output hand force data indicative of the force at the right hand of the employee sensed and the force at the left hand of the employee sensed; and

    hand position sensors comprising a right hand position sensor located in the right work glove and a left hand position sensor located in the left work glove of the pair of work gloves, the right hand position sensor configured to sense a position of the right hand of the employee, the left hand position sensor configured to sense a position of the left hand of the employee, and the hand position sensors configured to output hand position data indicative of the position of the right hand of the employee sensed and the position of the left hand of the employee sensed; and

    a pair of work footwear comprising;

    foot force sensors comprising a right foot force sensor located in a right work footwear of the pair of work footwear to be worn on a right foot of the employee and a left foot force sensor located in a left footwear of the pair of work footwear to be worn on a left foot of the employee, the right foot force sensor configured to sense a force at the right foot of the employee, the left foot force sensor configured to sense a force at the left foot of the employee, and the foot force sensors configured to output foot force data indicative of the force at the right foot of the employee sensed and the force at the left foot of the employee sensed; and

    foot position sensors comprising a right foot position sensor located in the right work footwear and a left foot position sensor located in the left work footwear of the pair of work footwear, the right foot position sensor configured to sense a position of the right foot of the employee, the left foot position sensor configured to sense a position of the left foot of the employee, and the foot position sensors configured to output foot position data indicative of the position of the right foot of the employee sensed and the position of the left foot of the employee sensed,the health sensor data comprising;

    force data indicating a force exerted by the employee, the force data comprising the hand force data and the foot force data; and

    position data indicating a body position of the employee, the position data comprising the hand position data and the foot position data;

    a mobile communications device connected to the communications network, the mobile communications device configured to collect the health sensor data from the set of one or more health sensors and to output health data corresponding to the health sensor data collected from the set of one or more health sensors, the mobile communications device comprising at least one of the one or more health sensors integrated therein to sense at least one biometric or biomechanic characteristic for the employee; and

    a health server connected to the communications network, the health server configured to;

    receive, from the mobile communications device via the communications network, the health data output by the mobile communications device;

    determine, based on the health data received, that the employee engaged in a physical exertion defined by the force exerted by the employee and the body position of the employee;

    compare the force exerted by the employee to a predefined threshold force to determine that the force exerted by the employee is above the predefined threshold force;

    compare the body position of the employee to a predefined body position to determine that the body position of the employee deviates from the predefined body position;

    determine a predicted physical injury based on the determination that the force exerted by the employee is above the predefined threshold force and the body position of the employee deviates from the predefined body position;

    determine, based on the health data received, a health profile for the employee, the health profile comprising one or more predicted health issues and at least one of health characteristics, health conditions, health risks and health plans for the employee determined based on the health data received, wherein each of the one or more predicted health issues comprises a health issue that is determined, based on the health data, to be a potential health issue which is not being experienced by the employee at a current time, but is predicted, based on the health data, to escalate into an actual health issue which will be experienced by the employee at a future time, and wherein the one more predicted health issues comprise the predicted physical injury;

    update the health information stored in the health database to reflect the health profile for the employee; and

    serve, to the mobile communications device for display to the employee via a graphical display of the mobile communications device, health report content comprising at least one of the health characteristics, the health conditions, the health risks and the health plans of the health profile for the employee, and content indicative of the one or more predicted health issues;

    the mobile communications device being further configured to display the health report content, including the content indicative of the one or more predicted health issues, such that the employee is alerted to the one or more predicted health issues via the graphical employee interface of the mobile communications device used to collect the health sensor data and is afforded an opportunity to address the one or more predicted health issues prior to the one or more predicted health issues escalating into an actual health issue.

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