Granted patent
System and method for monitoring procedure compliance
- Number
- 11450145
- Published
- 2022-09-20
- Filed
- 2019-08-05
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprise, Inc.
- Inventors
- Worrall; John David, Boling; Shawn Allen, Dearing; Ronald J., Hale; Gregory Brooks, Rench; Scott William
- CPC
- G06V40/20; G06V40/10; G06V20/41; G06V40/23; G06V40/1365; G09B19/003
- Verdict
- Set aside procedure-compliance monitoring, ops/business
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
A method of monitoring a user performing a handwashing procedure, including: recognizing a user based upon biometric information obtained at a handwashing station, a user; detecting use of a component of the handwashing station; capturing image data of the user at the handwashing station; capturing data describing components and consumables used at the handwashing station; analyzing, using a processor, the image data; determining compliance with a handwashing procedure based at least in part on the analysis of the image data and the use of the component; and communicating compliance information.
Background
BACKGROUND (1) Compliance with policies and procedures is often important to ensure health and safety for personnel as well as those many products and services related to the policies and procedures. For example, a company may have lab procedures to be followed when conducting experiments using biohazardous materials. Failure to follow the procedure may result in contamination, health risks to the personnel conducting the experiment and people who may come in contact with the user, compromise results, and other problematic scenarios. (2) In a specific example, in food handling processes in commercial kitchens, as well as in the medical industry, there is an inherent risk of spreading illness if employees do not follow proper procedures for hand sanitation, e.g., during food preparation, between patient visits, etc. There are mandatory requirements that should be followed for proper handwashing, often specific to the industry or context. However, to a large extent the state of the art relies solely upon employee training and hand written policies. (3) State of the art approaches for monitoring include identifying personnel who are assigned to perform a task together with operation of various tools used in the task performance. An employee badge can be used to determine whether assigned personnel are located in the vicinity of the required tools and serve as an indirect indicator that the assigned personnel used the tools to complete the task such as when a badge is detected ne