A proximity detection system comprises one or more plant proximity detectors each comprising one or more wireless transceivers and a position sensor and defining one or more detection zones. The system also comprises one or more personnel proximity detectors each comprising one or more wireless transceivers in communication with the one or more wireless transceivers of the one or more plant proximity detectors. The personnel proximity detectors can each comprise a position sensor. At least one of the one or more wireless transceivers of the plant proximity detectors and at least one of the one or more wireless transceivers of the personnel proximity detectors is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transceiver. The system comprises a display unit in communication with the plant proximity detectors and the personnel proximity detectors. An alert is issued by at least one of the display unit, the plant proximity detectors and the personnel proximity detectors if one of the personnel proximity detectors is detected within the one or more detection zones.
Proximity detection systems and methods
2020-05-21
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / H04B TRANSMISSION , Übertragung |