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TRACKING AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR OPENCAST MINES

  • US 20120127924A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2010
  • Published: 05/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tracking and monitoring system for opencast mines comprising a combination of a plurality of programmable active RFID transceiver devices in communication with a microprocessor based computing and storage device, said RFID transceiver devices are programmable to operate as coordinators, routers and end devices, having resident hardware specific embedded software, capable of forming a dynamic wireless network among themselves such that a plurality of said RFID transceiver devices programmed as routers are strategically placed to form an unified wireless mesh-networking infrastructure wherein a router is capable of transmitting and receiving signals from one or more routers, end devices, and a coordinator, the coordinator capable of receiving and transmitting signals to said routers and said computing and storage device, wherein said computing and storage device is provided with resident wireless sensor network application software for tracking, monitoring and storing of information received via coordinator, characterized in that the programmable active RFID transceiver devices consist of an external caplamp battery (CB), light emitting diode (L1), voltage regulator (VR), turnover switch (TS), internal battery supply (BS), safety arrangement (SA), embedded radio (ER), programming port (PR), universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter output (UO), analog to digital converter (Al), buzzer (BU), message switch (MS), and light emitting diode (L2);

  • wherein the external caplamp battery (CB) being connected to light emitting diode (L1) and voltage regulator (VR);

    the said voltage regulator (VR) being connected to turnover switch (TS);

    the said turnover switch (TS) being connected to internal battery supply (BS) and safety arrangement (SA);

    the said safety arrangement (SA) being connected to programming port (PR) and embedded radio (ER); and

    the said embedded radio (ER) being separately connected to programming port (PR), universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter output (U0), analog to digital converter input (AI), buzzer (BU), message switch (MS), and light emitting diode (L2).

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