US 12,117,281 B2
Blasting device for simultaneously registering multiple detonators based on blasting pattern information and method of using the same
Yong Seok Kuk, Chungcheongbuk-do (KR)
Assigned to HANWHA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/623,466
Filed by HANWHA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/019486
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/120758, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044629 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F42D 1/055 (2006.01); E04G 23/08 (2006.01); F42D 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC F42D 1/055 (2013.01) [E04G 23/08 (2013.01); F42D 3/04 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blasting device for simultaneously registering multiple detonators based on blasting pattern information, the blasting device comprising:
a blasting pattern information input unit that receives blasting pattern information about a blasting operation to be performed to store the received blasting pattern information;
a key value sharing unit that shares a key value with a tracker possessed by an operator when the tracker is activated;
a blasting area entry recognition unit that recognizes at least one communication module and tracker that are activated in a blasting area; and
a detonator registration unit that registers multiple detonators by using a number of the at least one communication module and tracker recognized in the blasting area and pre-stored blasting pattern information,
wherein the key value sharing unit shares a key value for determining a blasting device in which each tracker is to be registered, when the tracker is to be registered with multiple blasting devices, and
wherein the detonator registration unit includes:
a third registration unit that, when two or more trackers and one communication module are recognized in the blasting area, pairs the communication module with a tracker located at a minimum distance from the communication module, the minimum distance being obtained by each tracker measuring a distance from the communication module using a received round trip time (RTT) and then registers the communication module in the blasting device registered through the key value that the tracker has, and registers a detonator corresponding to a blasting hole located at a minimum distance from a position of the tracker by comparing position pattern values included in position information about the tracker and the blasting pattern information stored in the blasting device; and
a fourth registration unit that, when two or more trackers and two or more communication modules are recognized in the blasting area, pairs a communication module and a tracker that are located at a minimum distance between each other, the minimum distance being obtained by each communication module and each tracker measuring a distance between each other using received round trip times (RTTs) and then registers the communication module in the blasting device registered through the key value that the tracker has, and registers a detonator corresponding to a blasting hole located at a minimum distance from a position of the tracker by comparing position pattern values included in position information about the tracker and the blasting pattern information stored in the blasting device.