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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Minesense Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, CA;
Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Vancouver, CA;
Ali Alatrash, Vancouver, CA;
Igor Petrovic, Vancouver, CA;
Greg Desaulniers, Vancouver, CA;
MineSense Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, CA;
Abstract
A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.