Abstract: On industrial sites, especially sites which utilize remotely operated or autonomous mobile equipment, there is a significant risk that the mobile equipment may inadvertently contact trailing or buried cables. Traditional cable detection systems are unable to detect three-phase AC power trailing cables. Disclosed embodiments eliminate or reduce the risk of inadvertently contacting such cables. In particular, a signal may be injected into the pilot wire of each cable by a transmitter. A receiver on the mobile equipment may detect this signal on the pilot wire within a cable, and initiate an alert in response to detecting a signal.

Abstract: In one instance, disclosed herein is a method for providing a GNSS future coverage map, the method comprising: receiving worksite geography data associated with a worksite and satellite ephemeris data associated with a future time period; determining, based at least in part on the worksite geography data and the satellite ephemeris data associated with the future time period, GNSS coverage of the worksite throughout the future time period; generating a future coverage map representing the GNSS coverage of the worksite throughout the future time period; and causing a graphical user interface (GUI) to display the future coverage map.

Abstract: On industrial sites, especially sites which utilize remotely operated or autonomous mobile equipment, there is a significant risk that the mobile equipment may inadvertently contact trailing or buried cables. Traditional cable detection systems are unable to detect three-phase AC power trailing cables. Disclosed embodiments eliminate or reduce the risk of inadvertently contacting such cables. In particular, a signal may be injected into the pilot wire of each cable by a transmitter. A receiver on the mobile equipment may detect this signal on the pilot wire within a cable, and initiate an alert in response to detecting a signal.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for leveling a borehole or blasthole drilling machine, or portion thereof, provided over a drilling site can implement a ground contact detect phase or operation, a first coarse leveling phase or operation, a lowering phase or operation, and a fine leveling phase or operation. The phases or operations can be based on or responsive to signals from sensors of the drilling machine. The phases or operations can involve changing length of one or more of the jacks of the drilling machine when the drilling machine is positioned over the drilling site.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for augmenting the 3 dimensional position information obtained from the NAVSTAR satellite-based global positioning system (“GPS”) system. Such systems can be impacted by physical obstacles that prevent the receipt of the satellite signals or as a result of sun spot activity that introduces noise into the signals thus causing them to become intermittently unavailable and/or making them less accurate in the course of normal operation. Therefore, an improved positioning solution that can operate under such poor GPS operational conditions is needed. The apparatus and method of the invention augments GPS with dead reckoning techniques when GPS signals are unavailable or inaccurate. The apparatus and method of the invention demonstrates highest value when applied to blasthole drill positioning applications in open-pit mines.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for leveling a borehole or blasthole drilling machine, or portion thereof, provided over a drilling site can implement a ground contact detect phase or operation, a first coarse leveling phase or operation, a lowering phase or operation, and a fine leveling phase or operation. The phases or operations can be based on or responsive to signals from sensors of the drilling machine. The phases or operations can involve changing length of one or more of the jacks of the drilling machine when the drilling machine is positioned over the drilling site.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for augmenting the 3 dimensional position information obtained from the NAVSTAR satellite-based global positioning system (“GPS”) system. Such systems can be impacted by physical obstacles that prevent the receipt of the satellite signals or as a result of sun spot activity that introduces noise into the signals thus causing them to become intermittently unavailable and/or making them less accurate in the course of normal operation. Therefore, an improved positioning solution that can operate under such poor GPS operational conditions is needed. The apparatus and method of the invention augments GPS with dead reckoning techniques when GPS signals are unavailable or inaccurate. The apparatus and method of the invention demonstrates highest value when applied to blasthole drill positioning applications in open-pit mines.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for augmenting the 3 dimensional position information obtained from the NAVSTAR satellite-based global positioning system (“GPS”) system. Such systems can be impacted by physical obstacles that prevent the receipt of the satellite signals or as a result of sun spot activity that introduces noise into the signals thus causing them to become intermittently unavailable and/or making them less accurate in the course of normal operation. Therefore, an improved positioning solution that can operate under such poor GPS operational conditions is needed. The apparatus and method of the invention augments GPS with dead reckoning techniques when GPS signals are unavailable or inaccurate.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for augmenting the 3 dimensional position information obtained from the NAVSTAR satellite-based global positioning system (“GPS”) system. Such systems can be impacted by physical obstacles that prevent the receipt of the satellite signals or as a result of sun spot activity that introduces noise into the signals thus causing them to become intermittently unavailable and/or making them less accurate in the course of normal operation. Therefore, an improved positioning solution that can operate under such poor GPS operational conditions is needed. The apparatus and method of the invention augments GPS with dead reckoning techniques when GPS signals are unavailable or inaccurate. The apparatus and method of the invention demonstrates highest value when applied to blasthole drill positioning applications in open-pit mines.