Patents by Inventor Anthony Walton Reid

Anthony Walton Reid 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).

  • Real time method for determining the spatial pose of electronic mining shovels
    Patent number: 8571762
    Abstract: Knowing the global pose of mining excavators provides a range of benefits for managing and automating mining operations. A method for globally locating the pose of an electric mining shovel is described. The system takes measurements from an arbitrary number of RTK-GPS antennas mounted on the machine house and a resolver fitted to the machines' swing axis. A Kalman filter is used to produce estimates of the global locations pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Ezymine Pty Limited
    Inventors: Peter Ross McAree, Anthony Walton Reid
  • Method for position-calibration of a digging assembly for electric mining shovels
    Patent number: 8515708
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of positioning mechanical equipment, and particularly to the likes of mechanical excavation and electric mining shovels. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a system for calibrating the sensors that measure hoist and crowd motions for an electric mining shovel, enabling the position of a bucket to be known with greater accuracy than can be achieved using previously known approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: CMTE Developement Limited
    Inventors: Peter Ross McAree, Anthony Walton Reid, Kevin John Austin, Paul Martin Siegrist
  • METHOD FOR POSITION-CALIBRATION OF A DIGGING ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC MINING SHOVELS
    Publication number: 20110029279
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of positioning mechanical equipment, and particularly to the likes of mechanical excavation and electric mining shovels. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a system for calibrating the sensors that measure hoist and crowd motions for an electric mining shovel, enabling the position of a bucket to be known with greater accuracy than can be achieved using previously known approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: CMTE Developement limited
    Inventors: Peter Ross McAree, Anthony Walton Reid, Kevin John Austin, Paul Martin Siegrist
  • REAL TIME METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SPATIAL POSE OF ELECTRIC MINING SHOVELS
    Publication number: 20100283675
    Abstract: Knowing the global pose of mining excavators provides a range of benefits for managing and automating mining operations. A method for globally locating the pose of an electric mining shovel is described. The system takes measurements from an arbitrary number of RTK-GPS antennas mounted on the machine house and a resolver fitted to the machines' swing axis. A Kalman filter is used to produce estimates of the global locations pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: EZYMINE PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Ross McAree, Anthony Walton Reid