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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2017
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Steven T. Awiszus, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Eric C. Lobner, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert J. Quintero, St. Paul, MN (US);
Micayla A. Johnson, Farmington, MN (US);
Madeleine E. Filloux, St. Paul, MN (US);
Caroline M. Ylitalo, Stillwater, MN (US);
Paul A. Martinson, Maplewood, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a system () includes a hearing protector (); at least one position sensor; at least one sound monitoring sensor; at least one computing device configured to: receive, from the at least one sound monitoring sensor and over a time duration, indications of sound levels to which a worker is exposed; determine, from the at least one position sensor and during the time duration, that the hearing protector is not positioned at one or more ears of the worker to attenuate the sound levels; and generate, in response to the determination that at least one of the sound levels satisfies an exposure threshold during the time duration and the hearing protector is not positioned at one or more ears of the worker to attenuate the sound levels, an indication for output.