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Personnel accountability an safety system

  • US 8,868,341 B1
  • Filed: 06/19/2013
  • Issued: 10/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for locating users on an offshore oil rig or other hazardous location, the system comprising:

  • a plurality of user devices, wherein each of said wearable devices comprises;

    a locatable element adapted to be detected by a corresponding locator device;

    at least one motion sensor adapted to determine a speed of the user device, an orientation of the user device, or combinations thereof; and

    data storage comprising identifying information relating to a user or piece of equipment associated with the device;

    a plurality of locator devices, wherein each of said locator devices is positioned at a discrete location, and wherein each of said locator devices is adapted to detect said locatable elements of said plurality of user devices and generate a record comprising the discrete location, the identifying information, and at least one of the speed and the orientation of the user device; and

    a central device adapted to receive the record from each of said locator devices, wherein the central device comprises a processor in communication with data storage comprising computer instructions for instructing the processor to receive each of said records received from each of said locator devices and generate a log using each of said records, wherein the log comprises a location of at least one user device at a discrete time and at least one of the speed and the orientation of the at least one user device at the discrete time.

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