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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jan D. Forster, Aachen, DE;
Frank T. Herfort, Korschenbroich, DE;
Vijay K. Gidla, Värnamo, SE;
Abel Gladstone Mangam, Värnamo, SE;
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A personal protective equipment device is presented. The PPE device includes a microphone configured to capture an ambient sound stream. The PPE device also includes a sound analyzer that receives the ambient sound stream and characterizes a sound fingerprint around the device based on the ambient sound stream. The PPE device also includes a function preset selector that, based on the characterized sound fingerprint, selects a function preset. The PPE device also includes a function preset implementor that implements the function preset in response to an event trigger. Implementing the function preset includes adjusting a functional setting of a device from a first setting to a second setting.