Patents by Inventor CHUNG H. TA

CHUNG H. TA 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).

  • OIL SANDS TRUCK-AND-SHOVEL MINING OPERATION WITH PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND CONTROL
    Publication number: 20250092784
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns techniques for monitoring and controlling mining operations, notably oil sands mining that involves trucks and shovels. The process can include monitoring key mining performance indicators (KMPI) comprising truck operating parameters; shovel operating parameters; and workforce performance parameters, and then controlling the trucks and the shovels based on a pre-developed model comprising the KMPI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Chung H. TA, David MUELLER, Priyanka PAREEK
  • Controlling bitumen recovery from an oil sands ore body by using a predictive ore processability model in producing a blended ore feedstock
    Patent number: 10712330
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling bitumen recovery from an oil sands ore body in a bitumen extraction process by establishing and using a predictive ore processability model that accounts for multiple ore characteristics in planning ore deliveries from different locations of the ore body to produce a blended ore feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Long, Jonathan Spence, Dean Wallace, Shane Hoskins, Chung H. Ta, David Mueller, Priyanka Pareek
  • CONTROLLING BITUMEN RECOVERY FROM AN OIL SANDS ORE BODY BY USING A PREDICTIVE ORE PROCESSABILITY MODEL IN PRODUCING A BLENDED ORE FEEDSTOCK
    Publication number: 20200033316
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling bitumen recovery from an oil sands ore body in a bitumen extraction process by establishing and using a predictive ore processability model that accounts for multiple ore characteristics in planning ore deliveries from different locations of the ore body to produce a blended ore feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: JUN LONG, JONATHAN SPENCE, DEAN WALLACE, SHANE HOSKINS, CHUNG H. TA, DAVID MUELLER, PRIYANKA PAREEK