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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Applicant:
David Kevin Herdle, Franklin, PA (US);
Inventor:
David Kevin Herdle, Franklin, PA (US);
Assignee:
Joy MM Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 27/10 (2006.01); E21C 35/08 (2006.01); E21C 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 27/10 (2013.01); E21C 27/24 (2013.01); E21C 35/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling mining machines. One system includes an image sensor for capturing an image of a cutting face of a mine and interface sensing and control system for obtaining the image, identifying an anomaly in the image, calculating a distance between the anomaly and a reference, and using the distance to automatically instruct a mining machine control system to keep a cutter head of the mining machine within a seam.