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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Mine Vision Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
L. Douglas Baker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Scott M. Thayer, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul G. Lucey, Gwelup, AU;
Damien G. Roberts, Yokine, AU;
MINE VISION SYSTEMS, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A system. The system includes an apparatus and a computing system. The apparatus is couplable to a mobile platform and includes a sensing device and/or a camera. The computing system includes an anchor module configured to define a plurality of virtual anchors associated with a subterranean structure; a movement determination module configured to determine a movement of at least one of the virtual anchors, and a movement classification module configured to determine a type of subterranean structure movement based on the determined movement of the at least one of the virtual anchors. The type of subterranean structure movement comprises convergence, subsidence, movement along a fault line, cross-sectional movement, longitudinal movement and/or hidden movement.