TW202145155A - Smart monitoring system and smart monitoring method for workplace hazardous materials - Google Patents

Abstract

A smart monitoring system and a smart monitoring method for workplace hazardous materials are provided, wherein the smart monitoring system includes a sensing device and a cloud computation analyzing server. The sensing device may continuously and instantly sense concentration values of specific gas within a workplace at multiple time points in a period, and the cloud computation analyzing server may receive the concentration values from the sensing device at the multiple time points through wireless communication, and accordingly instantly generate analysis results corresponding to the multiple time points for determining exposure risk of a labor in the workplace. For example, the analysis results may include an overall accumulated concentration value in the period or respective accumulated concentration values within multiple sub-periods of the period regarding the specific gas within the workplace.

Description

Smart monitoring system and smart monitoring method for hazardous substances in working environment

The present invention relates to the monitoring of harmful substances, in particular to an intelligent monitoring system and an intelligent monitoring method for harmful substances (such as harmful gas and particulate matter) in the working environment.

The field monitoring results of the existing commercially available sensing devices found that there is a great concentration difference between different individuals in the same field. If the business unit only follows the measurement frequency of the operation environment monitoring implementation method (that is, the measurement is only carried out once every six months), it is difficult to Understand the differences in exposure among individual workers and the actual state of long-term exposure.

Existing commercially available gas sensing devices include stationary gas sensing devices and handheld gas sensing devices. The fixed gas sensing equipment is limited by the installation site environment due to its large size, so it is impossible to know the current data immediately. It needs to be completed by the relevant personnel to the field where the fixed gas sensing equipment is installed to confirm the data and copy the data by hand. Records of data such as gas content.

In addition, with regard to various toxic gases that cause adverse effects on human health and the environment, the possible human health hazards caused by each substance are different. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) formulates appropriate exposure standards for the effects of each substance on human health, and its content can know the possible adverse health effects of each substance and the main target organs. Due to the variety and complexity of chemical substances used by the industry, it is still unknown whether the long-term exposure to multiple chemical substances may exacerbate adverse health effects on human beings if the direct exposure to a single substance is used to determine the impact on human health. Therefore, the current monitoring methods and frequencies of public institutions are still unable to assess the impact of long-term exposure to multiple chemical substances and calculate site risks.

One of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a smart monitoring system and smart monitoring method for hazardous materials in the operating environment, using networking technology to collect monitoring data for subsequent computation and analysis of massive amounts of data, so as to eliminate long-term and continuous harmful Physical monitoring ensures the health of workers in the workplace.

At least one embodiment of the present invention provides an intelligent monitoring system for harmful substances in an operating environment, wherein the intelligent monitoring system may include a sensing device and a cloud computing analysis server. The sensing device can be used to continuously and instantly sense the concentration value of a specific gas in a working environment at multiple time points within a period of time, and the cloud computing analysis server can be used to detect the concentration value of the specific gas at the multiple time points respectively The sensing device receives the concentration values, and accordingly generates analysis results corresponding to the multiple time points in real time for judging the exposure risk of a worker in the work environment, wherein the cloud computing analysis server communicates wirelessly way to communicate with the sensing device. For example, the analysis results include the overall cumulative concentration value of the specific gas in the operating environment within the period or the respective cumulative concentration values of a plurality of sub-periods in the period.

At least one embodiment of the present invention provides an intelligent monitoring method for harmful substances in a work environment, comprising: using a sensing device to continuously and instantly sense the concentration of a specific gas in a work environment at multiple time points within a period of time and sending the concentration values from the sensing device to a cloud computing analysis server at the plurality of time points through wireless communication, and using the cloud computing analysis server to generate the corresponding concentration values in real time according to the concentration values The analysis results of multiple time points are used to judge the exposure risk of a worker in the work environment. For example, the analysis results include the overall cumulative concentration value of the specific gas in the operating environment within the period or the respective cumulative concentration values of a plurality of sub-periods in the period.

The smart monitoring system and smart monitoring method provided by the embodiments of the present invention can continuously and real-time collect monitoring data through networking technology, so as to accurately judge the exposure risk of workers in the workplace environment. Compared with the related art, the embodiments of the present invention do not significantly increase the extra cost, so the present invention can solve the problems of the related art with no or less side effects.

FIG. 1 is a smart monitoring system 10S for hazardous materials in an operating environment according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the smart monitoring system 10S may include a sensing device 10 and a cloud computing analysis server 30 . The sensing device 10 can be used to continuously and instantly sense the concentration values of specific harmful substances (such as harmful gases or harmful particulates) in a working environment at multiple time points within a period of time, and the cloud computing analysis server 30 It can be used to receive the concentration values from the sensing device 10 at the multiple time points respectively, and accordingly generate the analysis results corresponding to the multiple time points in real time for judging the exposure risk of a worker in the working environment. In addition, the cloud computing analysis server 30 can instantly transmit the analysis results corresponding to the multiple time points to a display device 20 for display on a display panel of the display device 20, and the sensing device 10 can The plurality of time points transmit the concentration values to the display device 20 for displaying the concentration values on the display panel in real time. In this embodiment, the smart monitoring system 10S may further include the display device 20, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It should be noted that the sensing device 10, the display device 20 and the cloud computing analysis server 30 can communicate with each other through wireless communication. For example, the sensing device 10 and the cloud computing analysis server 30 can communicate with each other through Wi-Fi. - Fi or 4G mobile network and other means to communicate with each other, the cloud computing analysis server 30 and the display device 20 can communicate with each other through Wi-Fi or 4G mobile network, etc., and the sensing device 10 and the display device 20 can communicate with each other through communicate with each other via bluetooth. The above wireless communication technologies (such as Wi-Fi, 4G mobile network, Bluetooth, etc.) are for illustrative purposes only, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any suitable wireless communication technologies belong to the scope of the present invention. Since the sensing device 10 , the display device 20 and the cloud computing analysis server 30 all have the wireless transmission function, the sensing device 10 can instantly transmit the relevant sensing results (such as the above-mentioned concentration value) to the display device 20 and/or the cloud The computing and analysis server 30, and the cloud computing and analysis server 30 can then perform analysis according to the relevant sensing results, and transmit the relevant analysis results and/or relevant warning information to the sensing device 10 and/or the display device 20, and the relevant Both the sensing results and the analysis results can be stored in the back-end platform server (eg, the storage space in the cloud computing analysis server 30 ).

In this embodiment, the analysis results may include the overall cumulative concentration value of the specific harmful substance (such as harmful gas or harmful particulate matter) in the working environment during the period or the most in the period The respective cumulative concentration values for each sub-period. For example, the cloud computing analysis server 30 can determine whether the operating environment complies with the eight-hour permissible exposure limit-time weighted average (PEL-TWA) standard of the specific hazardous substance according to the overall cumulative concentration value to generate a Corresponding judgment results, wherein the analysis results may further include the corresponding judgment results. For another example, the cloud computing analysis server 30 may determine whether the operating environment conforms to the short-term time-quantity average of the specific harmful substance in the sub-periods according to the respective cumulative concentration values of the sub-periods in the period The permissible exposure limit-short term exposure limit (PEL-STEL) standard is used to generate a corresponding judgment result, wherein the analysis results may further include the corresponding judgment result. For another example, the cloud computing analysis server 30 can determine whether the operating environment complies with the permissible exposure limit-ceiling (PEL-Ceiling) standard of the specific hazardous substance at the multiple time points according to the concentration values to generate A corresponding judgment result, wherein the analysis results may further include the corresponding judgment result. It should be noted that the above-mentioned concentration standard for the specific harmful substance is not limited to a specific standard, especially for different harmful substances and different monitoring environments, corresponding standards can be used to regulate, so that when any harmful substance exceeds its corresponding standard. That is, a warning message is issued, but the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a sensing device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the sensing device 10 may include a control circuit board 11 and a sensing module 12 . In this embodiment, the sensing module 12 may include one of a temperature and humidity sensing element 121 , a gas sensing element 122 , a particulate sensing element 123 , an action sensing element 124 and a positioning sensing element 125 . or a plurality of elements, wherein the one or more elements may preferably include a gas sensing element 122 or a particulate sensing element 123 . It should be noted that the sensing elements included in the sensing module 12 can be changed according to different sensing objects (eg, different types of harmful gases or harmful particles) and different operating environments. As shown in FIG. 2 , the control circuit board 11 may include a wireless transmission module 13 , an information display module 14 and a battery module 15 , wherein the wireless transmission module 13 may include wireless communication modules conforming to different communication protocols Such as the Bluetooth module 130 and the Wi-Fi/4G mobile network module 131, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In this embodiment, the control circuit board 11 can obtain sensing information (such as temperature and humidity information, gas concentration value, particulate matter concentration value, action information and/or positioning information) from the sensing module 12 in real time, and Displayed on the information display module 14, the battery module 15 can provide power to one or more components inside the sensing device 10, and the wireless transmission module 13 can allow the sensing device 10, the display device 20 and cloud computing analysis The server 30 communicates, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, after the sensing device 10 is activated, the application program (eg, a real-time monitoring system for harmful substances) and the back-end platform (eg, the cloud computing analysis server 30 ) running on the display device 20 can immediately receive the harmful substances on the job site. concentration data, and store complete historical data for related data application. In addition, when the sensing device 10 is applied, in addition to the performance evaluation of each sensing element in the sensing device 10 , other functions can be selectively matched or added according to different application places.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a display device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the display device 20 may be included in a mobile device, wherein the mobile device can execute an application program (which may be referred to as APP) 21 to control the execution of the display device 20 related operations. For example, the workplace hazardous substance real-time monitoring APP of the mobile device (such as a smart handheld device) can allow the monitoring personnel to monitor the state of the work environment through the software, so as to know the gases sensed by the sensing module 12 (such as the above-mentioned hazardous gases, The content or concentration of harmful particulate matter, etc.), and the alarm release value can be set. As shown in FIG. 3 , the display device 20 may include a positioning module 22 , a wireless transmission module 23 , an information display control module 24 , an information display control interface 25 and a one-person input interface 26 . In this embodiment, the information display control interface 24 can display a corresponding screen in response to the display command sent by the information display control module 24, so that a user can perform some control through the human-machine input interface 26 and send the corresponding control command The information is transmitted to the information display control module, and then the information display control module 24 can transmit the relevant information to the cloud computing analysis server 30 through the wireless transmission module 23 . For example, the sensing device 10 can transmit real-time data to the back-end platform through wireless data transmission or network, and can also display measured values, warnings and hazards risks through the screen of a handheld device APP (such as the above-mentioned workplace hazardous substance real-time monitoring APP). In some cases, the real-time monitoring APP of workplace harmful substances on mobile devices has active and passive alarm functions, which can notify people who are set up in a group and give sound warnings; in addition, with smart handheld devices, the status of personnel can be monitored through the software , instantly know the content or concentration of the gas sensed by the sensing module, and can set the alarm release value.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a cloud computing analysis server 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4 , the cloud computing analysis server 30 may include a central processing unit 31 , a wireless transmission module 32 , a storage device 33 and a temporary memory 34 , wherein the central processing unit 31 , the wireless transmission module 32. The storage device 33 and the temporary memory 34 can be coupled to each other through a bus bar, but the invention is not limited thereto. In this embodiment, the cloud computing server 30 can execute a risk computing program 35 to control the central processing unit 31 to perform related operations, wherein the risk computing program 35 can include a parameter management setting module 350, a concentration prediction module 351, A risk calculation module 352 and an alert management module 353 . For example, the cloud computing analysis server 30 may further include a ROM for storing the risk computing program 35; for example, the risk computing program 35 may be stored in the storage device 33; but the invention is not limited thereto. In addition, in some examples, the monitoring platform of the cloud risk calculation analysis server 30 can establish an exposure database (for example, record the above-mentioned historical data such as long-term concentration data) for query, and can have a back-end management system ( For example, the above-mentioned parameter management setting module 350, concentration prediction module 351, risk calculation module 352, and warning management module 353) can calculate and establish the hazard risk level of each substance, and provide a platform or server to receive data return. For example, the data in the back-end platform database (such as the database stored in the storage device 33, the data in which may include long-term recorded and stored concentration values) can be accessed through a web browsing interface (such as a web page) or the above-mentioned workplace harmful substances The real-time monitoring APP provides relevant historical data query. In some examples, the cloud risk calculation analysis server 30 may have the following functions: (a) functions of viewing on-site monitoring information, daily report data, trend charts, etc.; (b) collocated with smart handheld devices, through software monitoring personnel Status, real-time understanding of the content or concentration of the gas sensed by the sensing module, and can set the alarm release value; (c) with active and passive alarm functions, can notify the group of personnel, and sound alarm; (d) It has the functions of checking on-site monitoring information, daily report data, trend charts, etc.; but the present invention is not limited to this.

In some embodiments, the cloud computing analysis server 30 may use a type of neural network (eg, the concentration prediction module shown in FIG. 4 ) to perform concentration prediction according to the concentration values to generate a corresponding prediction result, wherein the These analysis results also include the corresponding prediction results. Specifically, since the smart monitoring system 10S uses the networking technology to collect a large amount of monitoring data continuously, in real time and for a long time, the cloud computing analysis server 30 can use the large amount of monitoring data as the learning data for the concentration prediction module 351 to allow the cloud The arithmetic analysis server 30 predicts the concentration change and/or trend of the specific harmful substance in the future (eg, the next eight hours, the next three days, or the next week).

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the operation of the smart monitoring system 10S according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the sensing device 10 can be implemented as a wearable device, and the wearable device is worn on the body of a worker. Since the sensing device 10 is worn on the worker and the sensing device 10 includes an actuation sensing element and a positioning sensing element, in addition to the concentration of harmful substances in the working environment where the worker is located, the concentration of harmful substances can be completely recorded over time. The variation of the concentration of the harmful substance with the space can also be completely recorded, so that the exposure risk of the working environment to the worker can be better assessed, but the present invention is not limited to this. FIG. 6 is a schematic operation diagram of a smart monitoring system 10S according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the sensing device 10 can be implemented as a fixed device, and the fixed device is installed on a table in the working environment . FIG. 7 is a schematic operation diagram of a smart monitoring system 10S according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the sensing device 10 can be implemented as a fixed device, and the fixed device is fixed on a wall in the working environment . It should be noted that in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the wireless transmission module 13, the information display module 14 and the battery module 15 in the sensing device 10 are included in the control circuit board 11, but the present invention Not limited to this. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the layout of the wireless transmission module 13, the information display module 14 and the battery module 15 in the sensing device 10 does not overlap with the control circuit board 11 (for example, the sensor The wireless transmission module 13, the information display module 14 and the battery module 15 in the measuring device 10 are not included in the control circuit board 11), wherein the control circuit board 11 can communicate with the wireless transmission module 13, The information display module 14 and the battery module 15 are connected, but the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 8 is a smart monitoring method for hazardous materials in an operating environment according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the smart monitoring method can be applied to the smart monitoring system 10S shown in FIG. 1 . It should be noted that the workflow shown in FIG. 8 is for illustrative purposes only, and is not a limitation of the present invention, and one or more steps may be added, deleted or modified in the workflow. Furthermore, these steps do not have to be performed in exactly the order shown in FIG. 8 if the same result can be obtained.

In step 810 , the sensing device 10 can continuously and instantly sense the concentration values of specific harmful substances in a working environment at multiple time points within a period of time.

In step 820, the sensing device 10 can transmit the concentration values from the sensing device 10 to the cloud computing analysis server 30 at the multiple time points through wireless communication, and the cloud computing analysis server 30 can determine the concentration values according to the concentration values. The values are generated in real time corresponding to the plurality of time points for judging a worker's exposure risk in the work environment.

In step 830 , the cloud computing analysis server 30 can instantly transmit the analysis results corresponding to the multiple time points to the display device 20 through wireless communication for display on a display panel of the display device 20 .

For the assessment of labor health hazards, there are regulations that can be implemented by other quantitative tools. When conducting related business, business units can effectively use the monitoring of sensing devices (such as the above-mentioned sensing device 10 ) to conduct hierarchical management. For the implementation method of labor working environment monitoring, the sensing device (such as the above-mentioned sensing device 10 ) can effectively assist in the formulation of sampling strategies, including first evaluating high-risk similar exposed groups and high-risk time periods or times, and using direct reading A type of instrument can be used to monitor hazards, and a sensing device (eg, sensing device 10 ) can also be used to assist or replace long-term monitoring and evaluation.

To sum up, the smart monitoring system and the smart monitoring method of the present invention use networking technology to collect monitoring data for subsequent computation and analysis of massive data, and accurately determine whether workers are in the workplace through long-term and continuous monitoring of harmful substances exposure risk. Compared with the related art, the embodiments of the present invention do not significantly increase the extra cost, so the present invention can solve the problems of the related art with no or less side effects. The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

10S: Smart Monitoring System 10: Sensing device 11: Control circuit board 12: Sensing module 121: Temperature and humidity sensing element 122: Gas sensing element 123: Particulate sensing element 124: Make motion sensing elements 125: Positioning Sensing Element 13: Wireless transmission module 130:Bluetooth module 131: Wi-Fi/4G mobile network module 14: Information Display Module 15: Battery module 20: Display device 21: Apps 22: Positioning module 23: Wireless transmission module 24: Information display control module 25 Information Display Control Interface 26: Human-machine input interface 30: Cloud computing analysis server 31: CPU 32: Wireless transmission module 33: Storage device 34: Scratch memory 35: Risk calculator 350: Parameter management setting module 351: Concentration prediction module 352: Risk Computing Module 353: Alert Management Module 810, 820, 830: Steps

FIG. 1 is an intelligent monitoring system for hazardous materials in an operating environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a sensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a cloud computing analysis server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the smart monitoring system shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the smart monitoring system shown in FIG. 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the smart monitoring system shown in FIG. 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an intelligent monitoring method for harmful substances in an operating environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (10)

An intelligent monitoring system for hazardous materials in an operating environment, including: a sensing device for continuously and real-time sensing the concentration value of a specific harmful substance in a working environment at multiple time points within a period of time; and A cloud computing analysis server is used for respectively receiving the concentration values from the sensing device at the multiple time points, and accordingly generating the analysis results corresponding to the multiple time points in real time for judging a worker in the Exposure risk in the operating environment, wherein the cloud computing analysis server communicates with the sensing device by means of wireless communication; The analysis results include the overall cumulative concentration value of the specific harmful substance in the operating environment within the period or the respective cumulative concentration values of a plurality of sub-periods in the period. The smart monitoring system as described in claim 1, wherein the cloud computing analysis server instantly transmits the analysis results corresponding to the plurality of time points to a display device for display on one of the display devices on the display panel. The smart monitoring system as described in item 2 of the claimed scope, wherein the sensing device transmits the concentration values to the display device at the plurality of time points through wireless communication for displaying the concentration values on the display in real time on the panel. The intelligent monitoring system as described in Item 2 of the scope of the patent application further includes: In the display device, the cloud computing analysis server communicates with the display device by means of wireless communication. The intelligent monitoring system as described in item 1 of the scope of application, wherein the cloud computing and analysis server judges whether the operating environment complies with the eight-hour daily average permissible exposure limit- time weighted average, PEL-TWA) standard to generate a corresponding judgment result, wherein the analysis results further include the corresponding judgment result. The intelligent monitoring system as described in claim 1, wherein the cloud computing analysis server determines whether the operating environment is in the sub-periods according to the respective cumulative concentration values of the sub-periods in the period of time Meet the permissible exposure limit-short term exposure limit (PEL-STEL) standard of the specific hazardous substance to generate a corresponding judgment result, wherein the analysis results also include the corresponding judgment result. The intelligent monitoring system as described in claim 1, wherein the sensing device comprises a temperature and humidity sensing element, a gaseous object sensing element, a particulate matter sensing element, an actuation sensing element and a positioning sensing element one or more elements, wherein the one or more elements comprise the gas sensing element or the particulate sensing element. The intelligent monitoring system as described in claim 1, wherein the sensing device is arranged in a wearable device or at a fixed position in the working environment. The intelligent monitoring system as described in claim 1, wherein the cloud computing analysis server utilizes a type of neural network to perform concentration prediction according to the concentration values to generate a corresponding prediction result, wherein the analysis results further include the corresponding prediction results. A smart monitoring method for hazardous materials in the operating environment, including: Utilize a sensing device to continuously and instantly sense the concentration values of specific harmful substances in a work environment at multiple time points within a period of time; and Send the concentration values from the sensing device to a cloud computing analysis server at the plurality of time points through wireless communication, and use the cloud computing analysis server to generate the concentration values corresponding to the plurality of times in real time. point analysis results for judging the exposure risk of a worker in the work environment; The analysis results include the overall cumulative concentration value of the specific harmful substance in the operating environment within the period or the respective cumulative concentration values of a plurality of sub-periods in the period.

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