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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2005
Applicant:
Hannu Mäkelä, Helsinki, FI;
Inventor:
Hannu Mäkelä, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy, Tampere, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for automatically controlling a mining machine. In the method a route is determined for a mining machine () in the form of successive, interconnected segments in a coordinate system fixed in a relation to the mine, the segments in turn being determined as successive points located at a distance from one another. The location of each point is determined in the coordinate system fixed in relation to the mine and the data associated with the points is sent wirelessly () to the mining machine.