Patent ID: 11886644
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for interacting with a human machine interface (HMI) of a system, the method comprising:
detecting a face of a first person attempting to interact with the HMI and detecting a gesture made by the first person relative to the HMI;
analyzing information regarding the face of the first person that has been detected to determine whether the first person is wearing personal protection equipment;
in an instance in which the first person is determined to not be wearing personal protection equipment, suspending a response to the gesture made by the first person relative to the HMI;
in an instance in which the first person is determined to be wearing personal protection equipment, analyzing the gesture made by the first person relative to the HMI and converting the gesture to a corresponding command to the system with which the HMI is associated;
in an instance in which the response to the gesture made was suspended:
subsequently detecting a subsequent face of a subsequent person attempting to interact with the HMI within a predetermined time period;
analyzing information regarding the subsequent face of the subsequent person that has been subsequently detected to determine if it is the first person;
analyzing information regarding the subsequent face of the subsequent person that has been subsequently detected to determine whether the subsequent person is now wearing the personal protection equipment; and
in an instance in which the subsequent person is determined to be the first person and determined to now be wearing personal protection equipment based upon subsequent detection of the subsequent face of the subsequent person, terminating suspension of the response to the gesture and analyzing the gesture made by the first person relative to the HMI and converting the gesture to the corresponding command to the system with which the HMI is associated; and
in an instance in which the subsequent person is determined to not be the first person, maintaining suspension of the response to the gesture.