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

Claim 14:
15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:
detect a face of a first person attempting to interact with the HMI and detect a gesture made by the first person relative to the HMI;
analyze 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, suspend a response to the gesture made by the first person relative to the HMI; and
in an instance in which the first person is determined to be wearing personal protection equipment, analyze the gesture made by the first person relative to the HMI and convert the gesture to a corresponding command to the system with which the HMI is associated;
subsequently detect a subsequent face of a subsequent person attempting to interact with the HMI within a predetermined time period;
analyze information regarding the subsequent face of the subsequent person that has been subsequently detected to determine if it is the first person;
analyze 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, terminate suspension of the response to the gesture and analyze the gesture made by the first person relative to the HMI and convert 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, maintain suspension of the response to the gesture.