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Efficient blast design facilitation systems and methods

US10072919B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2017
Grant dateSep 11, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06N3/04
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Respective embodiments disclosed herein include methods and apparatuses (1) for surveying a mine bench or other material body using at least seismic data obtained via geophone and measurement module data synchronized via a wireless link; (2) for generating hyperspectral panoramic imaging data of a blast hole or other borehole; or (3) for allowing a neural network to facilitate a differential blast design that targets a first bench part more weakly than the differential blast design targets a second bench part (along the same mine bench) at least partly based on data indicative of a much higher concentration of a valuable material in the second bench part than in the first.

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