Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Localization system for underground mining applications
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Application No.: US17399506Application Date: 2021-08-11
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Publication No.: US11599108B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Dave Smith , Tyson Phillips
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02 ; H04W4/40 ; E02F9/20 ; B60W40/114

Abstract:
A mining machine is disclosed. The mining machine may include a mobile ranging device, a movement sensor device, and a control unit. The mobile ranging device may be configured to communicate with a location sensor device and cause the location sensor device to transmit location data relating to a location of the mining machine. The movement sensor device may be configured to transmit movement data relating to a movement of the mining machine. The control unit may be configured to receive coordinate data relating to a plurality of zones and a plurality of drawpoints of a tunnel, the location data, and the movement data. The control unit may identify an active zone, determine a machine heading, determine a machine articulation, identify an active drawpoint based on the active zone, the machine heading, or the machine articulation, and cause an action to be performed in connection with the active drawpoint.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210373553A1 LOCALIZATION SYSTEM FOR UNDERGROUND MINING APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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