Safemine Ag

Urs Martin Rothacher

Peter Arnold Stegmaier

In a system for supervising the safety on a site with at least one movable object, a drowsiness detection system is arranged at the movable object for supplying data related to a drowsiness state of an operator of the movable object. A monitoring system remote from the movable object receives the drowsiness state related data and logs and/or evaluates this drowsiness state related data.

Improving safety on sites with movable objects

Vehicles and other objects in a surface mine are equipped with monitoring devices that communicate by radio in order to detect the risk of collisions. The devices are equipped with GNSS-receivers. At least one of the objects has two devices mounted to it. Each of the two devices determines its position independently, which in turn allows determining not only the position, but also the orientation, of the object.

Movable object proximity warning system

A collision warning apparatus, to be mounted to a vehicle, has a roof mount unit (), to be fixed to the vehicle's roof, as well as a cabin mount unit () to be located in the driver's cabin. A digital transmission line () is provided for connecting the two. The roof mount unit () houses the antennas as well as the analog circuitry of the apparatus, while the cabin mount unit () comprises a display (). The data sent through the transmission line () is digital, which allows to make the transmission line thin and flexible. The roof mount unit () has a magnet () and batteries () mounted in its base section (), with the lighter components, in particular the antennas () located in its head section ().

Modular collision warning apparatus and method for operating the same

Vehicles and other objects () in a surface mine () are equipped with monitoring devices () that communicate by radio in order to detect the risk of collisions. The devices () are equipped with GNSS-receivers (). At least one of the objects () has two devices () mounted to it. Each of the two devices () determines its position independently, which in turn allows to determine not only the position, but also the orientation, of the object.

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Thalwil, Switzerland

Urs Martin Rothacher