Patent ID: 11925232
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, from at least one sound monitoring sensor and over a time duration, indications of sound levels to which a worker is exposed;
determining, from at least one position sensor and during the time duration, that a hearing protector is not positioned at one or more ears of the worker to attenuate the sound levels; and
generating, in response to determining 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 and that a noise level in a work environment of the worker is greater than or equal to a work environment noise threshold, an indication for output.