Blasting plan logger, related methods and computer program products
AssigneePyylahti Oy
InventorTapio Laakko
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Abstract
The invention allows improved planning and implementation of blasting operations. The location of a hand-held apparatus (200) is determined based on signaling received by a high-accuracy positioning unit (220). If the location corresponds with a location of a bore hole in a stored blasting plan, an electronic detonator selected by a user is identified based on its identifier read by a NFC reader (230) of the hand-held apparatus (200), and the stored blasting plan is updated with the hand-held apparatus (200) to indicate that the assigned electronic detonator has been set in the bore hole.
Claims19
A hand-held apparatus, comprising:
- a display;
- a high-accuracy positioning unit comprising at least one of a positioning unit capable of positioning accuracy of at least substantially 50 centemeters or a positioning unit capable of utilizing L5 positioning signaling;
- a detonator identifier reader:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the hand-held apparatus to at least:
- determine the location of the hand-held apparatus based on signaling received by the high-accuracy positioning unit;
- in response to the determined location of the hand-held apparatus corresponding with a location of a bore hole in a stored blasting plan:
- identify an electronic detonator based on an identifier of the electronic detonator read by the detonator identifier reader;
- and
- update the stored blasting plan to indicate that the identified electronic detonator has been set in said bore hole.
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a hand-held apparatus, the location of the hand-held apparatus based on signaling received by a high-accuracy positioning unit of the hand-held apparatus, the high-accuracy positioning unit comprising at least one of a positioning unit capable of positioning accuracy of at least substantially 50 centemeters or a positioning unit capable of utilizing L5 positioning signaling;
- in response to the determined location of the hand-held apparatus corresponding with a location of a bore hole in a stored blasting plan:
- identifying, by the hand-held apparatus, an electronic detonator based on an identifier of the electronic detonator read by a detonator identifier reader of the hand-held apparatus;
- and
- updating, by the hand-held apparatus, the stored blasting plan to indicate that the identified electronic detonator has been set in said bore hole.
A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a hand-held apparatus to at least perform:
- determining, by a hand-held apparatus, the location of the hand-held apparatus based on signaling received by a high-accuracy positioning unit of the hand-held apparatus, the high-accuracy positioning unit comprising at least one of a positioning unit capable of positioning accuracy of at least substantially 50 centemeters or a positioning unit capable of utilizing L5 positioning signaling;
- in response to the determined location of the hand-held apparatus corresponding with a location of a bore hole in a stored blasting plan:
- identifying, by the hand-held apparatus, an electronic detonator based on an identifier of the electronic detonator read by a detonator identifier reader of the hand-held apparatus;
- and
- updating, by the hand-held apparatus, the stored blasting plan to indicate that the identified electronic detonator has been set in said bore hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.