US 11,988,332 B2
Method and system for controlling personal protective equipment
Veronika Domova, Västerås (SE); Claire Pitois, Sundbyberg (SE); and Henrik Hillborg, Västerås (SE)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Appl. No. 17/905,135
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054674
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/170714, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20159856 (EP), filed on Feb. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106865 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. F16P 3/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); B64U 101/55 (2023.01)
CPC F16P 3/142 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10386 (2013.01); G06K 7/1097 (2013.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/757 (2022.01); G06V 20/653 (2022.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); B64U 2101/55 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling personal protective equipment, comprising:
positioning of a person equipped with personal protective equipment next to an electrical enclosure, wherein a specific personal protective equipment requirement is defined for the electrical enclosure;
upon the positioning of the person next to the electrical enclosure, commanding an unmanned autonomous vehicle to move to the electrical enclosure;
scanning, via a scanning unit attached to the unmanned autonomous vehicle, the personal protective equipment in a contact-less manner while the person is next to the electrical enclosure, thereby generating scanned personal protective equipment information;
comparing the scanned personal protective equipment information with the specific personal protective equipment requirement;
evaluating, based on the comparison, whether the personal protective equipment is in accordance with the specific personal protective equipment requirement; and
providing a feedback indicating whether or not the personal protective equipment is in accordance with the specific personal protective equipment requirement, wherein the feedback is provided by a feedback unit attached to the unmanned autonomous vehicle.