Patent ID: 11954621
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions configured to cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
receiving a set of personal protective equipment (PPE) data describing use time limits of respective PPE articles of a set of PPE articles;
monitoring use of a PPE article of the set of PPE articles, wherein the monitoring comprises:
determining a use time of the PPE article;
monitoring the use of the PPE article via a chemical sensor; and
monitoring the use of the PPE article via a camera to recognize objects within an environment of the PPE article;

determining whether a PPE usage rule of the PPE article is satisfied based on the monitoring, wherein the PPE usage rule is based on at least the determined use time as compared to a use time limit of the PPE article, a chemical sensor value collected by the chemical sensor as compared to a chemical value threshold, and based on whether a first object is recognized via the camera using object recognition;
issuing, in response to determining that the PPE usage rule of the PPE article is satisfied, a PPE recommendation action;
receiving, from a user of the PPE article, feedback regarding the user's satisfaction with the issued PPE recommendation action;
adjusting, using a reinforcement learning algorithm, based on the received feedback, the PPE usage rule; and
determining whether the adjusted PPE usage rule of the PPE article is satisfied based on additional monitoring.