Coordination of mining and construction vehicles via scripting control
US11353865B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 11, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/23
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Mines and construction sites are pnme applications for automation. The invention is composed of a protocol that allows multiple machines to be coordinated from a single application. The invention provides what in classical control is called a coordination layer between the machines (4D-RCS). This coordination layer is currently provided by humans as machines only interact with each other in the physical world, but there is no infrastructure to have them coordinated from an autonomous control standpoint. The system described in the present invention is a coordinating mining or construction machinery that is comprised of two or more mining (or construction) equipment with sensors and actuators, a database of stored behavior and sensing capabilities for each machine, a scripting editor that can concatenate sensing and behavior blocks, a controller (centralized or at each machine) that can interpret the scripts and command the machines according to the script, and a communication infrastructure that allows the machines to communicate.
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