Collision avoidance for electric mining shovels
US8346512B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 6, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60W30/14
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing the probability of a collision between a first object, whose trajectory is substantially controlled by an operator input command, and a second object. In one embodiment such a method includes receiving an operator input command indicative of first control data; generating model data indicative of a virtual construct of the physical environment proximal to the first object; processing the first control data to predict future dynamics of the first object in the environment; determining whether, on the basis of the predicted dynamics and the model data, the first object is predicted to collide with a second object in the environment; defining second control data for which the first object is not predicted to collide with the second object in the environment; and providing the second control data to a controller coupled to the first object such that the first object is controlled in accordance with the second control data for substantially avoiding the collision of the first object with the second object.
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