US 11,745,035 B2
Fall protection compliance system and method
Benjamin T. Sepe, Zelienople, PA (US); Jeffrey F. Harding, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Mitcham C. Tuell, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Robert Craig Campbell, Cranberry Township, PA (US); Christopher M. Stygar, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Peter I. Rutkowski, Allison Park, PA (US)
Assigned to MSA Technology, LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US)
Filed by MSA Technology, LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/742,381.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,208, filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/861,545, filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/944,071, filed on Dec. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222732 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A62B 35/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G08B 25/01 (2006.01); F16B 45/02 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 35/0075 (2013.01) [A62B 35/0037 (2013.01); A62B 35/0056 (2013.01); G06K 7/10 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G08B 25/016 (2013.01); F16B 45/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for detecting connection of a connector to a connection structure, the connection structure having a connection loop, a connection anchor, and a passive identification element laterally disposed on a crossbar between the connection loop and the connection anchor so as to spatially separate the connection loop from the connection anchor, the connector comprising a frame having an opening and a connection area configured for receiving the connection structure therein and a connection sensor assembly associated with the frame, the connection sensor assembly comprising at least one short-range wireless communication antenna configured for gathering connection data based on detecting a presence or an absence of the passive identification element on the connection structure when the connection structure is received within the connection area of the frame, the method comprising:
receiving, with a control device comprising at least one processor, the connection data gathered by the connection sensor assembly;
determining, with the control device, a connection status of the connector based on the connection data; and
performing, with the control device, at least one action based on the connection status.