Method for automatically guiding a mining machine
First Claim
1. A method for automatically guiding a mining machine, in which method a route needed by a mining machine is determined for the machine as successive points in a coordinate system fixed in relation to the mine and the location of the mining machine on the route is determined using at least one positioning device provided in the mining machine, characterized in that on the basis of information relating to the route points already determined in the coordinate system, additional points are determined between the successive route points for guiding the mining machine, each additional point being provided at least with location coordinates determined on the basis of the coordinate values of the already determined points located on both sides therof.
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Abstract
A method for automatically guiding a mining machine (14) provided with a mute determined as successive route points in the mine. In the method, data relating to the successive points are used for determining additional route between the successive route points for guiding the mining machine (14).
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- 1. A method for automatically guiding a mining machine, in which method a route needed by a mining machine is determined for the machine as successive points in a coordinate system fixed in relation to the mine and the location of the mining machine on the route is determined using at least one positioning device provided in the mining machine, characterized in that on the basis of information relating to the route points already determined in the coordinate system, additional points are determined between the successive route points for guiding the mining machine, each additional point being provided at least with location coordinates determined on the basis of the coordinate values of the already determined points located on both sides therof.
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