Patents by Inventor Vikram Neal Sahney
Vikram Neal Sahney 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: 11867608Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Patent number: 11828582Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Publication number: 20230065981Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Publication number: 20220347725Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R. Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Patent number: 11475659Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Patent number: 11351576Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Publication number: 20210049344Abstract: Techniques for improving a blast pattern at a mining site include conducting an initial blast and recording the initial blast as a high speed optical video. The high speed optical video, and the blast pattern used in the initial blast are sent as inputs to a machine learning model, which correlates one or more characteristics of the region being blasted with measurements associated with characteristics of the region being blasted obtained from the high speed optical video. The machine learning model can then determine an improved blast pattern based on the correlation made. This improved blast pattern can be displayed on a user computing device, or transmitted to a drilling system to automatically drill the improved blast pattern for subsequent blasts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Neil David Treat, Thomas Peter Hunt, Artem Goncharuk, Karen R Davis, Vikram Neal Sahney
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Publication number: 20200384506Abstract: Techniques for processing ore include the steps of causing an imaging capture system to record a plurality of images of a stream of ore fragments en route from a first location in an ore processing facility to a second location in the ore processing facility; correlating the plurality of images of the stream of ore fragments with at least one or more characteristics of the ore fragments using a machine learning model that includes a plurality of ore parameter measurements associated with the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; determining, based on the correlation, at least one of the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments; and generating, for display on a user computing device, data indicating the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments or data indicating an action or decision based on the one or more characteristics of the ore fragments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Thomas Peter Hunt, Neil David Treat, Karen R. Davis, Artem Goncharuk, Vikram Neal Sahney