Sistema y metodo para navegar un camion minero hacia un destino objetivo asociado con una pala, estando el destino situado dentro de una zona de carga proxima a la pala, donde el sistema comprende una base de datos de objetos distribuidos, un sensor de operaciones y ayuda para navegacion que recupera una ubicacion del destino objetivo, calcular una ruta desde la posición actual hasta una ubicacion de destino, usar el sensor de posicion para monitorear el avance

• Main Authors: LEWIS, MICHAEL, W, ROTTIG, ANDREE, VAN LATUM, LUCAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 05.09.2014
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SURVEYING; TESTING

A system and method for determining a path to a target destination are presented. A position sensor is mounted to a haul truck. The position sensor is configured to identify a position of the haul truck. A distributed objects database stores information describing target destinations within a mining environment and performance characteristics of the haul truck. A navigation aid is connected to the position sensor. The navigation aid is configured to identify a target destination for the haul truck, retrieve a performance characteristic of the haul truck from the distributed objects database, and calculate a first path to the target destination using the performance characteristic of the haul truck. A user interface is connected to the navigation aid. The user interface is configured to display the first path for an operator of the haul truck.