Abstract: Monitoring systems and methods incorporating wearable personal protection items such as headgear and faceshields equipped with intelligent sensor units configured to communicate with one another and simultaneously monitor personal wellness and safety protocol compliance across a community of persons.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring data associated with a user of personal protective equipment (PPE) are described, including at least one sensor, at least one wireless communication device, a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to: control the at least one sensor to collect one of i) environmental data associated with the user, ii) biometric data associated with the user, or iii) positional data associated with the user; analyze at least a portion of at least one of the environmental data, the biometric data, or the positional data to determine i) that the user has removed the PPE device, ii) that the user has experienced a change in position or orientation, or iii) that the biometric data suggests an adverse health condition of the user.

Abstract: A personal protective equipment device is provided herein. The personal protective equipment device includes a processor and a memory, and the processor is configured to: transmit an advertising signal to other personal protective equipment devices; receive advertising signals from the other personal protective equipment devices when the personal protective equipment device and the other personal protective devices interact with each other; determine, based upon an intensity of the received signals, that one of the received signal intensities is above a predetermined threshold; identify the other personal protective equipment device associated with the received signal above the predetermined threshold; identify the interaction between the personal protective equipment device and the other personal protective equipment device associated with the received signal above the predetermined threshold as a proximity event; and store the proximity event in the memory.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and system for directing power flow between multiple devices, the apparatus comprising: one or more inlet ports for connection to one or more devices; a plurality of outlet ports configured for supplying electrical power; and a computing device configured to route power from the one or more inlet ports to the outlet ports. The system comprises a plurality of the apparatus connected to each other.

Abstract: A message ID decoding method is provided for a system comprising multiple components interlinked by a Controller Area Network bus (CAN-bus) through which messages are sent. The method includes acquiring a CAN-bus message data stream including multiple CAN-bus messages, each including a CAN ID indicating a component from which the corresponding CAN-bus message originated; storing the CAN-bus messages in a first datastore; acquiring an electricity consumption signal indicative of the consumption of the component; storing the electricity consumption signal in a second datastore; generating multiple time-stamp bins each corresponding to an interval in time; selecting the CAN ID and a portion of the electricity consumption signal being from the interval in time corresponding to the time-stamp bin; and determining a regression coefficient, R, indicating a level of relatedness between the selected CAN ID and portion, thereby correlating the CAN ID of the selected CAN-bus message with the component.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and system for directing power flow between multiple devices, the apparatus comprising: one or more inlet ports for connection to one or more devices; a plurality of outlet ports configured for supplying electrical power; and a computing device configured to route power from the one or more inlet ports to the outlet ports. The system comprises a plurality of the apparatus connected to each other.