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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ho-Yiu Lam, Mountain View, CA (US);

John Thomas Kinnear, Jr., LaGrangeville, NY (US);

Sia Kai Julian Tan, Tampines St, SG;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 7/36 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 3/34 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 7/36 (2013.01); A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); E04F 15/02177 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s), in a computing environment comprised of multiple containers comprising modules, includes a processor(s) continuously obtaining pressure data from pressure sensors embedded in electrostatic dissipative (ESD) footwear. The processor(s) determines that the obtained pressure data indicates a pressure level of a pre-determined threshold and the given threshold is sustained for a pre-determined interval of time in some of the items. The processor(s) accesses one or more voltage sensors embedded in each item of the items and obtains voltage data by utilizing an ESD floor that the items are in contact with as a ground reference. The processor(s) validates functionality of some of the items and functionality of the ESD floor, based on monitoring the voltage data from the one or more voltage sensors.


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