Patents by Inventor Veli-Pekka JAAKKOLA

Veli-Pekka JAAKKOLA 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).

  • Apparatus, method and software product for drilling sequence planning
    Patent number: 11536127
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for planning a drilling sequence. The solution relates also to a rock drilling rig and to a computer program product. The apparatus searches several possible drilling scenarios for drilling a given drilling pattern. Different actions required by the scenarios have given costs and the executed algorithm calculates total costs of found scenarios. Scenarios with the lowest costs are selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
    Inventors: Veli-Pekka Jaakkola, Petri Nurminen
  • APPARATUS, METHOD AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR DRILLING SEQUENCE PLANNING
    Publication number: 20210404292
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for planning a drilling sequence. The solution relates also to a rock drilling rig and to a computer program product. The apparatus searches several possible drilling scenarios for drilling a given drilling pattern. Different actions required by the scenarios have given costs and the executed algorithm calculates total costs of found scenarios. Scenarios with the lowest costs are selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Veli-Pekka JAAKKOLA, Petri NURMINEN