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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 24, 2010
Mark A. Nelson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Kevin H. Peters, Germantown, NY (US);
Louis R. Ruggiero, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Mark A. Nelson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Kevin H. Peters, Germantown, NY (US);
Louis R. Ruggiero, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus control method and system. The method includes disabling by a computer processor of a computing system, an apparatus. The computer processor retrieves detection data, safety gear detection data, and safety gear indication data. The computer processor analyzes the detection data, the safety gear detection data, and the safety gear indication data and in response to results of the analysis, the computer processor enables the apparatus.