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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Tod A. Oblak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lyle Taylor, Export, PA (US);
James Peterson, Denison, TX (US);
Carl Hendricks, Mosman Park, AU;
John F. Halterman, Sherman, TX (US);
Lawrence A. Mianzo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Narayana G. Nadukuru, Sewickley, PA (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for real-time characterization of drilled particles during a drilling operation can be comprised of a light illumination source to output short-wave-infrared (SWIR) light toward the drilled particles as the drilled particles exit a drill hole being drilled by a drilling machine; a sensor to sense reflected short-wave-infrared (SWIR) light reflected from the drilled particles exiting the drill hole; and processing circuitry operatively coupled to at least the sensor. The processing circuitry can be configured to determine a spectrum of the reflected short-wave-infrared light sensed by the sensor, and determine particle characterization for a portion of the drilled particles by performing hyperspectral analysis on the determined spectrum and based on predetermined candidate particle characterizations.