ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,790, issued on Sept. 23.

"Computer-vision based workplace safety" was invented by Justin Starr (Baden, Pa.) and Ashish Basuray (Petaluma, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example provides a method, including: obtaining, using one or more sensor systems, sensor data for one or more persons in an environment comprising machinery; analyzing, using a processor, the sensor data using a trained model to identify the one or more persons and an associated time series of actions; determining, using the associated time series of actions, if the one or more persons are engaging in behavior indicative of an unsafe practice; and thereaft...