Motion tracking device for a moving object such as a mechanical miner
First Claim
1. A transceiver for tracking a mechanical miner, comprising:
- a headpiece having a transmitting side with at least two surfaces arranged at angles to each other, one of the surfaces being a central surface, the other surface being a first outer surface that is bent inwardly at an obtuse angle relative to the central surface, said headpiece also having an additional second outer surface that is bent inwardly at an obtuse angle relative to the first outer surface; and
a transmitting emitter mounted on the transmitting side of the headpiece and having a plurality of transmitting elements arranged on the outer surfaces and the central surface, the outer surface having a number of transmitting elements that is greater than a number of transmitting elements on the central surface.
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Abstract
A signal transmitting installation that is mounted on a moving object comprises a central surface and at least one outer surface. Transmitting elements are distributed over each surface with more being arranged on the outer surface so as to create a higher intensity signal and more evenly illuminate a plurality of receivers distributed along the direction of motion of the object. The transmitting elements can emit signals that contain different codes. The coded signals are evaluated using the receivers positioned along the path of the motion of the object. The aim is to detect at the least the location of the object from the different codes in signals that are received by determining which codes do not overlap. The moving object can be a mechanical miner.
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26 Claims
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1. A transceiver for tracking a mechanical miner, comprising:
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a headpiece having a transmitting side with at least two surfaces arranged at angles to each other, one of the surfaces being a central surface, the other surface being a first outer surface that is bent inwardly at an obtuse angle relative to the central surface, said headpiece also having an additional second outer surface that is bent inwardly at an obtuse angle relative to the first outer surface; and a transmitting emitter mounted on the transmitting side of the headpiece and having a plurality of transmitting elements arranged on the outer surfaces and the central surface, the outer surface having a number of transmitting elements that is greater than a number of transmitting elements on the central surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A transceiver for tracking a mechanical miner, comprising:
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a headpiece having a transmitting side with at least two surfaces arranged at angles to each other; a transmitting emitter mounted on the transmitting side of the headpiece and having a plurality of transmitting elements arranged on the surfaces in a vertical row to produce a beam that has an aperture angle of 120°
60 in the horizontal direction and to form a vertical angular aperture of 60°
in a vertical direction; anda signal receiver positioned on the central surface adjacent to the transmitting elements. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A transmitter head comprising:
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a headpiece having at least two surfaces arranged at an obtuse angle to one another, one of the surfaces being a central surface and the other surfaces being an outer surface; a plurality of transmitting elements arranged on the central and outer surfaces of the headpiece, the outer surface having one or more transmitter elements and the central surface having one or more transmitter elements, the one or more transmitting elements on the outside surface emitting signals having a higher intensity than emitted by the one or more transmitting elements on the central surface, the transmitting elements emitting signals that are not encoded with a predetermined code pattern. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A transmitter head comprising:
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a headpiece having at least two surfaces arranged at an obtuse angle to one another, one of the surfaces being a central surface and the other surfaces being an outer surface; a plurality of transmitting elements arranged on the central and outer surfaces of the headpiece, the outer surface having one or more transmitter elements and the central surface having one or more transmitter elements, the one or more transmitting elements on the outside surface emitting signals having a higher intensity than emitted by the one or more transmitting elements on the central surface, the transmitting elements emitting signals that are encoded with more than one predetermined code pattern. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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Specification