SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PROCEDURE COMPLIANCE

Number: 20220415090
Published: 2022-12-29
Filed: 2022-09-01
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Worrall; John David, Boling; Shawn Allen, Dearing; Ronald J., Hale; Gregory Brooks, Rench; Scott William
CPC: G06V40/20; G06V40/23; G09B19/003; G06V20/41; G06V40/1365; G06V40/10
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

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.

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.

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 de

Claims

1. A system for monitoring compliance with a procedure, comprising: a sensor sensing data pertaining to an interaction between a human actor and an identifiable object; and an analytics platform running on a computer, wherein the analytics platform performs: determining an identity of the human actor based on an identifier in the data from the sensor; determining a location of the human actor in the space; retrieving a definition of a procedure to be performed by the human actor using both the identity of the human actor and the location of the human actor in the space, wherein the definition of the procedure includes a compliance step to be performed prior to additional steps of the procedure; and processing the data from the sensor during performance of the procedure to verify completion of the compliance step. || 13. A method of monitoring compliance with a procedure, comprising: capturing a video image of a space using a sensor mounted in the space, wherein a person in the space performs a series of actions during the capturing and wherein the sensor is not worn by the person; retrieving a definition of a procedure; comparing the performance of the series of action in the video image to a first step of the procedure; when the comparing indicates compliance with the first step of the procedure, granting access to a physical space and allowing a second step of the procedure to be performed; and when the comparing indicates noncompliance with the first step of the procedure, denying access to the physical space and preventing the second step of the procedure to be performed. || 23. A system for monitoring compliance with a procedure, comprising: memory storing a definition of a procedure including a plurality of steps to be performed in a predefined sequence in a space of a facility and further storing a listing of workers assigned to perform the procedure; a sensor collecting data on a worker in the space; and an analytics platform operating to: first process the data collected by the sensor to determine an identity of the worker; determine the worker is on the list of workers assigned to perform the procedure in the space; in response to the determining, second process the data to identify failure of the worker to comply with one of the steps; and in response to the second processing, halting performance of additional ones of the steps of the procedure by the worker and providing the worker with feedback to properly perform the one of the steps identified in the second processing, wherein the halting of the performance comprises denying access to the worker into a controlled access portion of the space.