Patents by Inventor Andrew Sherliker Bamber
Andrew Sherliker Bamber has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10029284Abstract: Methods and systems for achieving higher efficiencies and capacities in sorting feed material are described herein, such as for separating desirable “good” rock or ore from undesirable “bad” rock or ore in an unsegregated, unseparated stream of feed material. In the disclosure, higher efficiencies are achieved with combinations of multiple sensor/diverter cells in stages in a cascade arrangement. The number and combination of cells in the cascade may be determined through a priori characterization of probabilities involved in sensor/rock and rock/diverter interactions, and mathematical determinations of the optimal number and combination of stages based on this probability. Further, as disclosed herein, desired sorting capacities are achieved through addition of multiple cascades in parallel until the desired sorting capacity is reached.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: MineSense Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Andrew Csinger, David Poole
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Publication number: 20180164237Abstract: A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or threshold. Other features are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Darcy James Houlahan
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Patent number: 9958407Abstract: A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or threshold. Other features are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: MineSense Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Darcy James Houlahan
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Patent number: 9884346Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering mining material to a multimodal array of different types of sensors and classifying and sorting the mining material based on the data collected from the multimodal array of sensors. The arrays of different sensors sense the mining material and collect data which is subsequently used together to identify the composition of the material and make a determination as to whether to accept or reject the material as it passes off the terminal end of the material handling system. Diverters are positioned at the terminal end of the material handling system and are positioned in either an accept or reject position based on the data collected and processed to identify the composition of the mining material.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: MineSense Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Kamyar Esfahani, Kang Teng, Richard Anderson
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Publication number: 20170121945Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Ali Alatrash, Igor Petrovic, Greg Desaulniers
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Publication number: 20170028443Abstract: A system and method of sorting mineral streams, for example laterite mineral ores, into appropriately classified valuable and waste streams for maximum recovery of value from the mineral stream, e.g., a stream of minerals includes receiving response data indicating reflected, absorbed or backscattered energy from a mineral sample exposed to a sensor, where the mineral sample is irradiated with electromagnetic energy. The system determines spectral characteristics of the mineral sample by performing spectral analysis on the response data of the mineral sample and identifies a composition of the mineral sample by comparing the spectral characteristics of the mineral sample to previously developed spectral characteristics of samples of known composition. The system then generates a sort decision for the mineral sample based on the comparison, where the sort decision is used in diverting the mineral sample to a desired destination e.g. pyrometallurgical treatment stages, or to a waste stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Nicholas Barcza, Andrew Csinger
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Patent number: 9522415Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: MineSense Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Ali Alatrash, Igor Petrovic, Greg Desaulniers
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Publication number: 20160299091Abstract: A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or threshold. Other features are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Darcy James Houlahan
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Publication number: 20160193630Abstract: Methods and systems for achieving higher efficiencies and capacities in sorting feed material are described herein, such as for separating desirable “good” rock or ore from undesirable “bad” rock or ore in an unsegregated, unseparated stream of feed material. In the disclosure, higher efficiencies are achieved with combinations of multiple sensor/diverter cells in stages in a cascade arrangement. The number and combination of cells in the cascade may be determined through a priori characterization of probabilities involved in sensor/rock and rock/diverter interactions, and mathematical determinations of the optimal number and combination of stages based on this probability. Further, as disclosed herein, desired sorting capacities are achieved through addition of multiple cascades in parallel until the desired sorting capacity is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Andrew Csinger, David Poole
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Patent number: 9316537Abstract: A system and method of sorting mineral streams, for example laterite mineral ores, into appropriately classified valuable and waste streams for maximum recovery of value from the mineral stream, e.g., a stream of minerals includes receiving response data indicating reflected, absorbed or backscattered energy from a mineral sample exposed to a sensor, where the mineral sample is irradiated with electromagnetic energy. The system determines spectral characteristics of the mineral sample by performing spectral analysis on the response data of the mineral sample and identifies a composition of the mineral sample by comparing the spectral characteristics of the mineral sample to previously developed spectral characteristics of samples of known composition. The system then generates a sort decision for the mineral sample based on the comparison, where the sort decision is used in diverting the mineral sample to a desired destination e.g. pyrometallurgical treatment stages, or to a waste stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: MineSense Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Nicholas Barcza, Andrew Csinger
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Patent number: 9314823Abstract: Methods and systems for achieving higher efficiencies and capacities in sorting feed material are described, such as for separating desirable “good” rock or ore from undesirable “bad” rock or ore in an unsegregated, unseparated stream of feed material. Higher efficiencies are achieved with combinations of multiple sensor/diverter cells in stages in a cascade arrangement. The number and combination of cells in the cascade may be determined through a priori characterization of probabilities involved in sensor/rock and rock/diverter interactions, and mathematical determinations of the optimal number and combination of stages based on this probability. Further, desired sorting capacities are achieved through addition of multiple cascades in parallel until the desired sorting capacity is reached.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: MineSense Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Andrew Csinger, David Poole
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Patent number: 9290913Abstract: A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or threshold. Other features are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Minesense Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Darcy James Houlahan
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Publication number: 20160016202Abstract: A mining shovel with compositional sensors comprises a bucket having various inward looking sensors positioned throughout the bucket. The bucket can also have disposed thereon a control enclosure that houses processing equipment that receives and analyzes the data collected by the inward looking sensors. The mining shovel with compositional sensors can be used as part of a system to manage a mining field, including generating and transmitting instructions directing where to deposit material located in the bucket based on the data collected from the inward looking sensors positioned in the bucket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Ali Alatrash, Igor Petrovic, Greg Desaulniers
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Publication number: 20160016203Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering mining material to a multimodal array of different types of sensors and classifying and sorting the mining material based on the data collected from the multimodal array of sensors. The arrays of different sensors sense the mining material and collect data which is subsequently used together to identify the composition of the material and make a determination as to whether to accept or reject the material as it passes off the terminal end of the material handling system. Diverters are positioned at the terminal end of the material handling system and are positioned in either an accept or reject position based on the data collected and processed to identify the composition of the mining material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Kamyar Esfahani, Kang Teng, Richard Anderson
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Publication number: 20150352559Abstract: Systems and methods for comminution and shaping of solid particles in order to provide suitable fracking sands are disclosed. The systems and methods can include the use of a two-action scrubber designed to simultaneously rotate and move up and down in a vertical direction in order to promote interaction between the solid particles and the media. The scrubber can also use large particles separated from the feed stream as the media used to comminute and shape the particles fed into the scrubber for treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Bahjat Khoshaba
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Publication number: 20150108258Abstract: A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or threshold. Other features are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Darcy James Houlahan
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Publication number: 20130292307Abstract: Methods and systems for achieving higher efficiencies and capacities in sorting feed material are described herein, such as for separating desirable “good” rock or ore from undesirable “bad” rock or ore in an unsegregated, unseparated stream of feed material. In the disclosure, higher efficiencies are achieved with combinations of multiple sensor/diverter cells in stages in a cascade arrangement. The number and combination of cells in the cascade may be determined through a priori characterization of probabilities involved in sensor/rock and rock/diverter interactions, and mathematical determinations of the optimal number and combination of stages based on this probability. Further, as disclosed herein, desired sorting capacities are achieved through addition of multiple cascades in parallel until the desired sorting capacity is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Andrew Csinger, David Poole
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Publication number: 20130201481Abstract: A system and method of sorting mineral streams, for example laterite mineral ores, into appropriately classified valuable and waste streams for maximum recovery of value from the mineral stream, e.g., a stream of minerals includes receiving response data indicating reflected, absorbed or backscattered energy from a mineral sample exposed to a sensor, where the mineral sample is irradiated with electromagnetic energy. The system determines spectral characteristics of the mineral sample by performing spectral analysis on the response data of the mineral sample and identifies a composition of the mineral sample by comparing the spectral characteristics of the mineral sample to previously developed spectral characteristics of samples of known composition. The system then generates a sort decision for the mineral sample based on the comparison, where the sort decision is used in diverting the mineral sample to a desired destination e.g. pyrometallurgical treatment stages, or to a waste stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Nicholas Barcza, Andrew Csinger