| CPC E02F 9/2045 (2013.01) [E02F 9/205 (2013.01); E02F 9/2054 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A system for selecting and applying route requirements for work machines traversing passages of an underground mine, the system comprising:
a graphical user interface to receive inputs from a user and display mappings of the underground mine including the passages; and
control circuitry comprising a processor, operative with the graphical user interface, configured to:
responsive to an input to the graphical user interface selecting a candidate route through one or more of the passages displayed on the graphical user interface:
determine, in real time, whether one or more portions of the candidate route is invalid based on prior determination, by the processor, of valid nodes and interconnections between adjacent ones of the valid nodes associated with the candidate route, and
reject the one or more portions of the candidate route determined to be invalid,
set, as a selected route, portions of the candidate route determined to be valid by excluding, from the selected route, the one or more portions of the candidate route determined to be invalid,
responsive to an input to the graphical user interface to modify at least one of the route requirements, control, in real time, a display of the modified at least one of route requirements on the graphical user interface, and
responsive to an input to the graphical user interface to confirm the modified at least one of route requirements, set the modified at least one of route requirements as part of current route requirements for the work machines traversing the selected route.
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10. A method for selecting and applying route requirements for work machines traversing predetermined passages of a mine site comprising:
selecting, via a user interface provided on a display of a mobile, handheld mine site tool, a candidate route through one or more of the predetermined passages of the mine site displayed on a map of the mine site;
validating, using a processor of the mobile, handheld mine site tool, the candidate route based on prior determination, by the processor, of valid nodes and edges between adjacent ones of the valid nodes associated with the candidate route;
setting as a selected route, using the processor, handheld mine site tool, one or more portions of the candidate route determined to be valid; and
controlling, on the display of the mobile, handheld mine site tool, using the processor, handheld mine site tool, a display of a modified route requirement for one of a plurality of route requirements for the selected route responsive to selection and setting of the modified route requirement in response to a first input via the user interface,
wherein the modified route requirement displayed on the display of the mobile, handheld mine site tool is displayed as an overlay on the map and shows individual indicia for the modified route requirement on each of the valid edges of the selected route.
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
processing a first input to a graphical user interface to select a candidate route through one or more of the passages of a mine site displayed on a map of the mine site;
determining whether one or more portions of the candidate route is invalid based on prior determination, by the one or more processors, of valid nodes and interconnections between adjacent ones of the valid nodes associated with the candidate route;
setting, as a selected route, portions of the candidate route determined to be valid;
controlling a display, on the graphical user interface, of an option to set one or more route requirements of a plurality of route requirements to control operation of work machines according to the plurality of route requirements when the work machines traverse the selected route; and
controlling a display, on the graphical user interface, of at least one route requirement of the one or more route requirements in response to a second input via the graphical user interface,
wherein the at least one route requirement is displayed on the graphical user interface as an overlay on the map for each of the interconnections of the selected route.
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