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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2022
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Marie D. Manner, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 (2006.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/04 (2013.01); G01M 3/002 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for a PPE device is disclosed that includes an infrared camera that captures an image sequence of a user wearing the PPE device. The system also includes a gas profile generator that analyzes the image sequence and generates a gas profile of the PPE device. The system also includes an analyzer that determines a status of the PPE device based on the gas profile. The system also includes a communication component that communicates the status.