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System and method for remote monitoring of drilling equipment

  • US 10,662,752 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2017
  • Issued: 05/26/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of monitoring a mining drill, the method comprising:

  • monitoring mining machine parameters of the mining drill;

    determining, with a processor of the mining drill, a current operational state for the mining drill;

    selecting, with the processor of the mining drill, a first set of parameter types based on the current operational state;

    generating, with the processor of the mining drill, a state message indicating the current operational state of the mining drill and a parameter value for each parameter type of the first set of parameter types; and

    transmitting, with the processor of the mining drill, the state message from the mining drill to a device for display to a user;

    when the current operational state of the mining drill is a drill state;

    determining, with the processor of the mining drill, when the mining drill reaches a plurality of progress thresholds while drilling a hole, each progress threshold representing a depth of the hole, andeach time the mining drill is determined to reach one of the progress thresholds;

    selecting, with the processor of the mining drill, a second set of parameter types based on the drill state of the mining drill, wherein the second set of parameter types and the first set of parameter types are different,generating, with the processor of the mining drill, a drill context message including an indication of the drill state of the mining drill and a parameter value for each parameter type of the second set of parameter types, andtransmitting, with the processor of the mining drill, the drill context message from the mining drill to the device for display to the user.

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