Honeywell International Inc.

Christopher Humphrey

Aravind Padmanabhan

Christopher Scott Larsen

Neal Muggleton

Ramon W Rosati

Embodiments may comprise personal protective equipment with integrated physiological monitoring. Some embodiments may relate specifically to in-ear devices (such as hearing protection and/or communication devices) having one or more physiological sensors for early monitoring for heat related illnesses. Several embodiments may incorporate a temperature sensor and a speaker into such in-ear device.

Personal protective equipment with integrated physiological monitoring

A system and method for directing and monitoring the whereabouts of persons within an environmentally hazardous area includes equipping each person with devices for monitoring personal physiological conditions (), equipment conditions (), topographical locations (), environmental conditions () and other pertinent data. The data are individually encoded and uploaded to a processing center () where they are analyzed () in order to ensure compliance with health or environmental norms and safety regulations, generate hot-spot mapping () and to issue real-time risk avoidance behavior directives (), worker, mechanism and material traffic directions, warnings (), permissions or interdictions.

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