Patents by Inventor Brian J. Swift

Brian J. Swift has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11933453
    Abstract: A system includes at least one article of personal protective equipment, one or more industrial devices, an industrial controller device configured to output industrial controller data indicative of one or more attributes of the one or more industrial devices, and a computing device. The computing devices is configured to determine a set of one or more safety rules corresponding to a work environment at the first time and determine a change in an attribute of the one or more attributes of the one or more industrial devices. The computing device is further configured to identify an updated set of one or more worker safety rules corresponding to the work environment at the second time and determine whether the status of at least one article of personal protective equipment satisfies the updated set of one or more worker safety rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian J. Swift, Andrew W. Long, David R. Stein
  • Publication number: 20220383730
    Abstract: A system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) and an industrial controller device configured to control an industrial device. The system includes a first computing device and a second computing device. The first computing device, in response to detecting an industrial controller event, wirelessly broadcasts an event message that solicits an action from a worker. The second computing device, in response to receiving the event message, generates an output that solicits the action from the worker, and in response to detecting a user input associated with the article of PPE, send, a response from the second computing device to the first computing device. The first computing device, in response to receiving the response from the second computing device, performs at least one operation associated with the industrial controller device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Brian J. Swift, Gary R. Stephany, Michael G. Wurm
  • Publication number: 20210372561
    Abstract: A system includes at least one article of personal protective equipment, one or more industrial devices, an industrial controller device configured to output industrial controller data indicative of one or more attributes of the one or more industrial devices, and a computing device. The computing devices is configured to determine a set of one or more safety rules corresponding to a work environment at the first time and determine a change in an attribute of the one or more attributes of the one or more industrial devices. The computing device is further configured to identify an updated set of one or more worker safety rules corresponding to the work environment at the second time and determine whether the status of at least one article of personal protective equipment satisfies the updated set of one or more worker safety rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Brian J. Swift, Andrew W. Long, David R. Stein
  • Publication number: 20210350312
    Abstract: A system includes a manufacturing execution system and a computing device communicatively coupled to the manufacturing execution system. The manufacturing execution system stores data indicative of at least one production configuration and one or more hazards associated with the at least one production configuration. The computing devices includes one or more computer processors and memory. The memory includes instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors cause the one or more computer processors to determine one or more constraints associated with personal protective equipment, identify a set of personal protective equipment that satisfies the one or more constraints, and perform, based on the set of personal protective equipment, at least one operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Brian J. Swift, Andrew W. Long, David R. Stein