EP3014044B1 - Agencement de commande de mode de fonctionnement automatisé - Google Patents

Agencement de commande de mode de fonctionnement automatisé Download PDF

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EP3014044B1
EP3014044B1 EP14715874.5A EP14715874A EP3014044B1 EP 3014044 B1 EP3014044 B1 EP 3014044B1 EP 14715874 A EP14715874 A EP 14715874A EP 3014044 B1 EP3014044 B1 EP 3014044B1
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Petri Nurminen
Jari Talasniemi
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/02—Drilling rigs characterised by means for land transport with their own drive, e.g. skid mounting or wheel mounting
    • E21B7/025—Rock drills, i.e. jumbo drills
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/02—Drilling rigs characterised by means for land transport with their own drive, e.g. skid mounting or wheel mounting
    • E21B7/022—Control of the drilling operation; Hydraulic or pneumatic means for activation or operation

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  • the present invention relates to work machines, and more particularly to controlling the automated operation mode of a work machine.
  • Mining vehicles such as rock drilling equipment, loading equipment and transport equipment, are used in a mine.
  • Mining vehicles may be manned or unmanned.
  • Unmanned mining vehicles may be remote-controlled by an operator from a control station, for instance, and they may be equipped with measuring instruments suitable for location determination.
  • Unmanned mining vehicles may be operated automatically, e.g. driven along a desired route in the mine, as long as the location of the device can be determined.
  • the automated operation may be carried out in a surface or underground operating area.
  • An automatically operated mining vehicle may encounter an unexpected condition, which may necessarily not be tackled by the automated settings of the mining vehicle.
  • unexpected conditions may comprise locations in a hole being drilled comprising water or a fracture and locations where the properties of the rock material suddenly change.
  • Such unexpected conditions may also relate to obstacles hindering the mining vehicle from moving to desired direction.
  • the automated operation is interrupted, the mining vehicle is stopped and possibly the operator at the remote control station is notified by an alarm. The operator may then take over the mining vehicle to remote manual operation and solve the problem causing the interruption of the automated operation by operating the mining vehicle manually over the unexpected condition.
  • the method further comprises controlling, in response to a manually assisted operation carried out by the operator being completed, the work machine to continue the automated drilling process.
  • the manually assisted operation comprises, in response to providing said option to a remote operator, establishing a control channel between a control station and the work machine; receiving manually submitted control commands via said control channel at the work machine; and disconnecting said control channel such that the automated drilling process is continued.
  • the operator carries out the manually assisted operation at a cabin of the work machine.
  • the manually assisted operation comprises determining one or more functionalities for assisting the operations of the work machine at said point; providing the remote operator with said one or more functionalities as options to select; in response to the remote operator selecting one of said functionalities, carrying out control operations according to the selected functionality at the work machine; and continuing the automated drilling process.
  • control operations according to the selected functionality comprise at least one of the following:
  • the method further comprises storing one or more sets of drilling parameters, drilling control modes and/or drilling control parameters in a memory of the work machine; linking said set of drilling parameters, said drilling control mode and/or said drilling control parameter to one or more drilling conditions, where such parameters or control modes are suitable to use; and in response to the reference data indicating the drilling process of the hole being drilled approaching a specific drilling condition, retrieving from the memory a set of drilling parameters, a drilling control mode and/or a drilling control parameter suitable for said drilling condition to be used in said control operations.
  • said manually assisted operation relates only to a sub-process of the automated drilling process, and the method further comprises continuing other sub-processes of the automated drilling process of the work machine while the operator carries out said manually assisted operation.
  • the data determining operations of the work machine is one or more of the following:
  • a mining apparatus may be a mobile mining apparatus, which may be referred to as a mining vehicle, or a stationary mining apparatus. It should also be noted that, in general, a mining apparatus may also refer to various machines used for rock excavation in a surface or underground operating area.
  • rock is to be understood broadly to cover also a boulder, rock material, crust and other relatively hard material.
  • Fig. 1 shows an example of a rock drilling apparatus 100, such as a rock drilling rig comprising a movable carrier 102, one or more drilling booms 104 and drilling units 106 arranged in the drilling booms 104.
  • the drilling unit 106 comprises a feed beam 108 on which a rock drill 110 can be moved by means of a feed motor (not shown in Fig. 1 ). Further, the drilling unit 106 comprises a tool 112 with which the impact pulses given by a percussion device (not shown in Fig. 1 ) of the rock drill 110 are transmitted to the rock to be drilled.
  • the rock drilling apparatus typically comprises a plurality of pumps (not shown in Fig. 1 ) for generating hydraulic pressure for operating various parts of the apparatus, for pumping drilling fluid for lubricating, cooling, and cleaning a drilling bit, and for pumping rock cuttings from the drill holes.
  • the rock drilling rig 100 further comprises at least one control unit 114 arranged to control actuators of the rock drilling rig 100, the actuators being arranged in a first control system.
  • the control unit 114 may be a computer or a corresponding device, and it may comprise a user interface with a display device as well as control means for giving commands and information to the control unit 114.
  • the control unit 114 and its user interface are typically located within a cabin 116 of the rock drilling apparatus 100.
  • the rock drilling apparatus 100 may have a data transfer unit 118, with which the control unit 112 may establish a data transmission connection to a second control system external to the rock drilling apparatus 100 by utilising a wireless connection provided by a base station 120.
  • the second control system may reside at a control station 122 that may be arranged outside the mine.
  • the control systems may be computers equipped with appropriate software.
  • a remote operator 124 may monitor and control the operations of the rock drilling apparatus 100 via the wireless connection.
  • FIG 1 is a simplified figure, and the control system of a mining vehicle, such as the rock drilling apparatus 100, typically comprises several units for implementing different control functions.
  • the control system of the mining vehicle may be a distributed entity consisting of modules connected to a CAN (Controller Area Network) bus, for example, and managing all measurements and controls of the machine.
  • the information system of the control station 122 may also comprise one or more servers, databases, operator workstations and a connection to other networks and systems.
  • rock drilling rig of Figure 1 is disclosed herein only as an example of a mining vehicle where the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented. The embodiments are equally applicable to any other mining vehicles, such as various loading and transport equipment used in mines.
  • the control system of the mining vehicle preferably comprises a positioning system or unit.
  • Various methods may be used for determining the location of the mining vehicle, for example, depending on whether the mining vehicle is used in surface drilling or in underground drilling.
  • satellite navigation such as the GPS system, for determining the location and orientation of the mining vehicle with sufficient accuracy.
  • the location of the mining vehicle may be determined using a tachymetry process.
  • a sufficient number of navigation points with predetermined locations are used for linking a tachymeter to the xyz coordinate system to be used.
  • the mining vehicle is provided with targets, the locations of which in relation to the origin of the coordinate system of the mining vehicle have been determined.
  • the tachymeter is used for continuously measuring the xyz coordinates of the targets.
  • at least one point of the drilling pattern is determined in a level of navigation.
  • the mining vehicle may determine its location and the location and the orientation of the drilling pattern.
  • the mining vehicle and its sub-units are preferably provided with sufficient number of sensors, such as gyroscopes, compass sensors, inclinometers, rotary encoders, linear encoders and accelerometers, for ensuring sufficient hole position accuracy both for the feed alignment and the drilling process.
  • sensors such as gyroscopes, compass sensors, inclinometers, rotary encoders, linear encoders and accelerometers.
  • the operations of the mining vehicle may be remotely controlled and monitored, as well as be automated to be carried out at least partly autonomously.
  • the mining vehicle may further be arranged to obtain information about the operations of the mining vehicle, as well as about the area where the mining vehicle is operating.
  • an automated drilling process generally refers to any operations, by which the mining vehicle is moved in its operating area, positioned as exactly as possible to a hole to be drilled and carries out the drilling process.
  • the rock drilling apparatus 100 may be provided with various sensors to detect states of actuators and/or to measure conditions of different parts of the apparatus and possibly to take measurements about the environment.
  • the sensors may include various types of pressure sensors, accelerometers, magnetometers, temperature sensors, etc. capable of providing real-time measurements about the drilling process in general, particularly about the conditions at the drill bit on one hand, and about the properties of geological formation on the other hand. These real-time measurements are referred to as measurement-while-drilling (MWD) or logging-while-drilling (LWD).
  • MWD measurement-while-drilling
  • LWD logging-while-drilling
  • MWD may provide drilling mechanics information.
  • the information provided by MWD about the conditions at the drill bit may include, for example, rotational speed of the drill, smoothness of the rotation, rotating pressure, pressure on the percussion piston, torque and weight on the drill bit, vibration type of the drill bit, temperature in the hole, energy of percussion and rotation per drilled volume/length, penetration per impact, penetration per bit revolution, rotation torque, feed force, rotation-feed pressure ratio, feed pressure-penetration rate ratio, etc.
  • measurements may be made for obtaining a detailed record (log) of the geologic formations penetrated by a drill hole.
  • information about geological characteristics around the drill hole such as density, porosity, cleavage, resistivity, fractioning, magnetic resonance and formation pressure, are obtained.
  • a separate measurement system arranged to obtain one or more types of information regarding the drilling mechanics and/or the geologic formations.
  • Such separate measurement system may be functionally connected to the rock drilling apparatus, for example, for transferring the measurement information to the rock drilling apparatus.
  • LWD logging-while-drilling
  • a drilling pattern is designed comprising at least the locations and the hole direction angles of the holes to be drilled in the coordinate system of the drilling pattern, as well as the lengths of the holes to be drilled.
  • the rock drilling apparatus is preferably arranged to obtain measurement data from the drilled holes.
  • the measurement data may comprise, for example, one or more data types of the MWD and/or the LWD data mentioned above.
  • the measurement data may also comprise various analysis data regarding, for example, the drilling dynamics and/or the geologic formations, wherein for example one or more data types of the MWD and/or the LWD data are used as input data for various analysis algorithms.
  • the measurement data may be stored on a memory medium in functional connection with the control unit.
  • the work machine is arranged to control the automated drilling process on the basis of the data regarding previous operations of the work machine.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a method for controlling an automated drilling process on a work machine, such as the rock drilling apparatus.
  • data determining operations of the work machine are obtained (200) from at least one input.
  • Reference data is generated (202) based on the data determining previous operations of the work machine in substantially the same area.
  • a region of interest is detected (204) in the reference data, and in response to the work machine or its drilling process approaching a point corresponding to the region of interest in the reference data, the work machine is controlled (206) to provide an operator with an option to manually assist the operations of the work machine at said point.
  • the operations of the work machine are monitored and reference data is generated on the basis of data determining previous operations of the work machine in substantially the same area.
  • the data determining previous operations may be measurement data obtained from one or more sensors of the work machine. It is also possible to use measurement data obtained from at least one other work machine. For example, another mining vehicle may have been operating in the same operating area previously and may have gathered measurement data using its own sensors. This measurement data may be conveyed to the work machine in question e.g. via remote control station or by direct wireless transmission between the work machines.
  • the data determining previous operations may also be user data submitted by an operator of at least one work machine describing operation conditions of an operating area and/or the work machine.
  • the data may be so-called silent knowledge gathered from experience of another operator.
  • a previous operator may have stored information relating to e.g. problematic drilling conditions at a certain location and/or depth or obstacles on a navigation route.
  • the stored data may also relate to the work machine in question e.g. difficulties in carrying out certain operations by the work machine.
  • the reference data may be MWD and/or LWD data from the previously drilled one or more holes, for example.
  • the reference data may be data received from one or more scanners or distance measuring devices about the environment of the work machine.
  • the reference data may be data describing geological surface formations of the mine, for example in terms of its suitability for the propagation of the work machine.
  • the reference data may be analysed, if necessary, and a region of interest may be found in the reference data.
  • the region of interest refers to any data or analysed information, which may have influence on the overall operation of the work machine in its current location. Especially, it may refer any data relating to a location in one or more previously drilled holes or a location derived on the basis of one or more previously drilled holes, which may have influence on the drilling process of the work machine.
  • the region of interest may further be, for example, a region in the reference pattern, one or more holes, one or more hole depths, one or more hole depth intervals, data about detected obstacles, such as tunnel wall or loose rock, that may be relevant to the propagation of the work machine, etc.
  • the operations of the work machine approach a point corresponding to the region of interest in the reference data, which may refer to the drilling process of at least one hole being drilled approaching a point corresponding to the region of interest in the reference data, the region of interest being, for example, a location comprising water or a fracture or a location where the properties of the rock material change. It may also refer to the work machine moving towards a location where a previously detected obstacle may hinder the propagation of the work machine.
  • the work machine When the operations of the work machine approach such a point, the work machine is controlled to provide an operator with an option to manually assist the operations of the work machine at said point.
  • the operator may be a remote operator at a remote control statin or an operator in the cabin of the work machine.
  • the control unit of the work machine may send a notification to the control system of the remote control station possibly arranged outside the mine.
  • the notification may be provided on the user interface of the remote control station such that the remote operator preferably notices the notification.
  • the remote operator may initiate an appropriate manually assisted operation.
  • the work machine in response to the manually assisted operation carried out by the remote operator is completed, the work machine is controlled to continue the automated drilling process.
  • the work machine returns to continue the automated drilling process.
  • no interruptions of the operation of the work machine are caused and the efficiency of the drilling process may be maintained high.
  • the manually assisted operation relates only to a sub-process of the automated drilling process, and other sub-processes of the automated drilling process of the work machine are continued while the operator carries out said manually assisted operation.
  • operator may concentrate to a specific problem requiring human intervention, while the work machine otherwise may continue its automated operation.
  • the manually assisted operation comprises, in response to providing said option, establishing a control channel between a control station and the work machine; receiving manually submitted control commands via said control channel at the work machine; and disconnecting said control channel such that the automated drilling process is continued.
  • the remote operator may be provided with the option to take control of the work machine, for example by displaying a notification on the UI of the remote station: "A cleavage approaching at the depth of 3.5 m, estimated time 40 seconds.”
  • the remote operator may start to manually controlling the drilling process, whereby the control responsibility is automatically shifted to the remote operator.
  • the control responsibility remains at the remote operator as long as he/she continues to manually control the drilling process, and upon stopping the manual control, the work machine automatically returns to the automated operation mode.
  • the UI of the remote station may be provided with control means, such as a button, for the remote operator to take the manual control.
  • a wireless control channel is established between the control station and the work machine.
  • the UI of the remote station may be provided with a plurality of views, such as one or more camera views captured from the viewpoint of the work machine and one or more map views showing the location of the work machine in respect to the geography of the mine and/or the drilling pattern and/or other work machines operating in the same area.
  • the control means of the remote station such as a joystick and/or a mouse and/or a touch pad and/or a touch display, the remote operator starts to operate the work machine manually over the difficult position.
  • control signals of the control means are transmitted as control commands via said control channel to the work machine.
  • the remote operator may continue to operate the work machine manually as long as necessary such that the difficult position has been passed. Then the remote operator may terminate the manual operation by disconnecting the control channel, whereupon the work machine automatically returns to continue the automated drilling process.
  • the remote controller may be provided with an option to select a predetermined operation to be carried out.
  • the manually assisted operation comprises determining one or more functionalities for assisting the operations of the work machine at said point; providing the remote operator with said one or more functionalities as options to select; in response to the remote operator selecting one of said functionalities, carrying out control operations according to the selected functionality at the work machine; and continuing the automated drilling process.
  • the work machine may be arranged, upon noticing that the operation is approaching a point corresponding to the region of interest in the reference data, to determine one or more functionalities that may assist the operations of the work machine in a difficult position.
  • the remote operator may then be provided with said one or more functionalities as options to select, for example by displaying a notification on the UI of the remote station: "A point possibly comprising water approaching in 50 cm. Want to switch off suction?"
  • the UI of the remote station may be provided with selection means, such as a button, for the remote operator to select at least one functionality to be carried out.
  • the selection of the remote operator may be transmitted to the work machine along with other communication between the control station and the work machine.
  • the work machine carries out the predetermined functionality selected by the remote operator as a part of the automated process and continues then the automated drilling process.
  • control operations according to the selected functionality comprise at least one of the following:
  • the remoter operator may be provided with an option to control the drilling process appropriately by adjusting at least one parameter of the drilling process.
  • control operations according to the selected functionality comprise changing navigation route of the work machine in response to at least one of the following:
  • the remoter operator may be provided with an option to change the navigation route accordingly.
  • Such an option may also be provided if, for example, the work machine, such as a drilling rig, is in a too inclined alignment such that the work machine cannot be driven along the originally planned navigation route.
  • a further example relates to detecting a difficult position, such as a tunnel wall or an edge of a bank, being close to the planned route, whereupon the remoter operator may be provided with an option to change the navigation route to avoid said position.
  • the manually assisted operations may further relate to supporting the work machine to be firmly in its operating position.
  • a drilling rig should be firmly supported in its operating position, possibly obtaining ground contact through one or more ground supports, before it can be safely and steadily operated.
  • control operations according to the selected functionality comprise manually assisting in providing ground support of the work machine in response to at least one of the following:
  • the work machine may observe the reference data relating to the ground around the work machine, and if a region of interest indicating the ground to be, for example, too inclined or slippery to support the work machine is detected, the remoter operator may be provided with an option to manually assist in providing ground support of the work machine. In a similar manner, it may be detected that the work machine, such as a drilling rig, is too inclined to be supported or supporting the work machine has failed, the remoter operator may again be provided with an option to manually assist in providing ground support of the work machine.
  • a further field of operation where the manually assisted operations may be provided to the operator is positioning the work machine, for example as described above in connection with the drilling apparatus having its booms and drilling unit each being positioned in their correct operating position.
  • control operations according to the selected functionality comprise manually assisting positioning the work machine and/or its sub-units in response to at least one of the following:
  • the pre-warning of collision may relate to a situation, where the work machine starts to operate in a difficult position such that there is a risk of a boom to collide into another part of the work machine, e.g. a cabin or the boom itself.
  • the operator may manually assist e.g. by controlling one of the joints of the work machine to move to a position where the automated process may continue.
  • This may also be the manually assisted operation, when it is detected at least one of the joints of the work machine does not follow correctly. If it is detected that the feed beam touching ground or leaning against a tunnel wall, this may be indicated to the operator, who then controls the feed beam to move to such position where the automated process may continue.
  • one or more sets of drilling parameters, drilling control modes and/or drilling control parameters are stored in a memory of the work machine.
  • each set of drilling parameters, a drilling control mode and/or a drilling control parameter may be linked to one or more drilling conditions, where such parameters or control modes are suitable to use.
  • the drilling parameters, drilling control modes and/or drilling control parameters may be determined on the basis of at least one previously drilled hole, or they may be calculated using an appropriate algorithm.
  • the work machine in response to the reference data indicating the drilling process of the hole being drilled approaching a specific rock condition, is arranged to retrieve from the memory a set of drilling parameters, a drilling control mode and/or a drilling control parameter suitable for said drilling condition to be used in said control operations.
  • the work machine is in an automated process drilling rock type A with good drilling parameters (e.g. good penetration rate, low levels of vibrations).
  • the used drilling parameters have been stored in the memory and linked to the rock type A.
  • the work machine moves to drill rock type B and makes changes to the drilling parameters.
  • the drilling process moves back to rock type A.
  • the previously stored drilling parameters offering high penetration rate with low levels of vibrations for the rock type A can be retrieved from the memory.
  • the work machine may be arranged to send a notification to the remote station, the notification showing the stored drilling parameters for the rock type A and proving an option to take said drilling parameters in use.
  • the remote operator may then select to use said parameters and give a user input via the UI of the remote station to the work machine for using said drilling parameters.
  • the work machine when it is operating in a mine, it may be arranged to store its navigation parameters together with corresponding propagation conditions, and when later on operating substantially in the same area, the sored parameters may be utilised.
  • one or more sets of navigation parameters are stored in a memory of the work machine, said set of navigation parameters are linked to one or more propagation conditions, where such parameters are suitable to use, and in response to the reference data indicating the navigation route of the work machine approaching an obstacle, a set of navigation parameters suitable for propagation to be used in said control operations is retrieved from the memory.
  • the remote operator may be provided with an option to include his/her notes to the user interface view of the remote station.
  • the note may relate to a certain event in the drilling process (e.g. detected water or fractioning) or to navigation (e.g. an area where manually assisted navigation is typically required) or to an operation or an observation made by the operator, and the operator may include a note, such as a text or a voice message, describing the event more in detail.
  • the user interface of the apparatus may include a specific button ("event button") or any other input means for including the note relating an event.
  • the reference data may, at its simplest, be based on data from only one previously drilled reference hole.
  • the reference hole may be, for example, the latest drilled hole or a hole locating closest to the hole being drilled.
  • the reference hole may also be any other previously drilled hole, selected for example from a field view of a drilling plan.
  • the reference data may be based on measurement data from a plurality of previously drilled holes comprising for example a row of reference holes, a fan of reference holes, any other part of the drilling pattern or the whole drilling pattern.
  • the reference data may be based on measurement data from two or three previously drilled holes, for example.
  • the reference data may further be based on measurement data from one or more holes previously drilled using the same or another drilling rig, from one or more previously drilled exploration holes (e.g. boreholes), from analysis data of chippings, or from geological data obtained otherwise than by drilling, e.g. by scanning or imaging a bank or the ground, or by using a geological map or a mine map/scheme. If the measurement data is obtained otherwise than by drilling, then a previously drilled hole may be a virtual hole, which calculated and/or estimated on the basis of said measurement data.
  • a previously drilled hole may be a virtual hole, which calculated and/or estimated on the basis of said measurement data.
  • a work machine may comprise circuitry and electronics for handling, receiving and transmitting data, computer program code in a memory, and a processor that, when running the computer program code, causes the machine to carry out the features of an embodiment.
  • Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of a system for carrying out a control process of the work machine.
  • the system comprises one or more processors PRO, and memory MEM.
  • the processors and memory may be in one part of the system or distributed across different parts and different apparatuses.
  • a work machine control interface may have its own processor and/or memory, a computer connected to the work machine its own processor and memory, and other parts of the system their own.
  • the memory MEM may comprise software SW executable on the processor PRO so that the system may display items to the operator via a screen SCR and accept input through buttons BUT, physical controls PCTRL like levers and joysticks, and/or through a touch screen T-SCR.
  • a part or all of the steps of an embodiment may be carried out in software, and a part or all of the steps may be carried out by control circuitry CIR.
  • the software may reside on a computer-readable non-transitory medium such as a USB stick or a data disc, and the computer program code is stored on said medium.
  • Such a computer program product may be used to deliver the functionalities of the invention to a system by installation or by using the computer-readable medium directly for executing the program therefrom.
  • the system may comprise communication modules COMM for sending and receiving data between the different parts and apparatuses of the system.
  • a computer program product stored on a non-transitory memory medium, comprising computer program code for carrying out a control process of a work machine, the computer program code which, when executed by a processor, causes the work machine to perform: obtaining, from at least one input, data determining operations of the work machine; generating a reference data based on the data determining previous operations of the work machine in substantially the same area; detecting a region of interest in the reference data; and controlling, in response to the work machine or its drilling process approaching a point corresponding to the region of interest in the reference data, the work machine to provide an operator with an option to manually assist the operations of the work machine at said point.
  • Fig. 4 shows an exemplified block diagram of modules and their mutual communication via a communication bus 400.
  • the individual sensors of the work machine are represented by the sensor module 402.
  • the measurement data obtained from the sensors is communicated to the control unit module 404 and the analysis module 406 via the communication bus 400.
  • the measurement data interpreted and analyzed by the analysis module 406 may be provided to the user interface module 408, whereas the user inputs obtained by the user interface module 408 are communicated to the control unit module 804 and/or the analysis module 406.
  • the user interface module may further be connected to the remote station for sending/receiving data to/from the remote operator.
  • the data handling module 410 creates and updates the reference data according to the inputs from the analysis module 406 and the user interface module 408.

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  1. Procédé de commande d'un processus de forage automatisé sur un véhicule d'exploitation minière, le procédé comprenant :
    l'obtention, à partir d'au moins une entrée, de données décrivant des conditions de fonctionnement actuelles du véhicule d'exploitation minière (200) ;
    la génération de données de référence sur la base de données décrivant des conditions de fonctionnement précédentes du véhicule d'exploitation minière dans sensiblement la même zone (202) ;
    la détection d'une région d'intérêt dans les données de référence, dans lequel la région d'intérêt représente toute donnée d'analyse qui peut indiquer des difficultés dans le processus de forage du véhicule d'exploitation minière dans son emplacement actuel (204) ; et
    la commande, en réponse à l'approche du processus de forage d'un point correspondant à la région d'intérêt dans les données de référence, du véhicule d'exploitation minière pour fournir à un opérateur une notification que le point approchant correspond à la région d'intérêt et une option pour aider manuellement le processus de forage du véhicule d'exploitation minière au niveau dudit point (206).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre
    la commande, en réponse à l'achèvement d'une opération aidée manuellement réalisée par l'opérateur, du véhicule d'exploitation minière pour poursuivre le processus de forage automatisé.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'opération aidée manuellement comprend, en réponse à la fourniture de ladite option à un opérateur distant,
    l'établissement d'un canal de commande entre une station de commande et le véhicule d'exploitation minière ;
    la réception des instructions de commande soumises manuellement par le biais dudit canal de commande au niveau du véhicule d'exploitation minière ; et
    la déconnexion dudit canal de commande de sorte que le processus de forage automatisé soit poursuivi.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'opération aidée manuellement comprend
    la détermination d'une ou de plusieurs fonctionnalités pour aider le processus de forage du véhicule d'exploitation minière au niveau dudit point ;
    la fourniture à un opérateur distant de ladite une ou desdites plusieurs fonctionnalités comme options à sélectionner ;
    en réponse à la sélection par l'opérateur distant d'une desdites fonctionnalités, la réalisation d'opérations de commande selon la fonctionnalité sélectionnée au niveau du véhicule d'exploitation minière ; et
    la poursuite du processus de forage automatisé.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, dans lequel
    les opérations de commande selon la fonctionnalité sélectionnée comprennent au moins un de ce qui suit :
    - l'arrêt automatique de l'aspiration de débris de forage en réponse à l'indication par les données de référence que le processus de forage du trou étant foré approche d'un point comprenant de l'eau ;
    - le déplacement automatique d'une tête d'aspiration vers le haut ou le bas selon les conditions de roche attendues et/ou les points attendus comprenant de l'eau ;
    - la réduction de la puissance d'alimentation de forage en réponse à l'indication par les données que le processus de forage du trou étant foré approche d'un vide ;
    - l'ajustement de la puissance d'alimentation de forage et/ou de la percussion pour leur adaptation au type attendu de matériau de roche ;
    - le changement du mode de commande de forage et/ou des paramètres de commande de forage selon les conditions de roche attendues.
  6. Procédé selon une quelconque revendication précédente, dans lequel
    ladite opération aidée manuellement concerne seulement un sous-processus du processus de forage automatisé, le procédé comprenant en outre
    la poursuite d'autres sous-processus du processus de forage automatisé du véhicule d'exploitation minière alors que l'opérateur réalise ladite opération aidée manuellement.
  7. Procédé selon une quelconque revendication précédente, dans lequel les données décrivant les conditions de fonctionnement du véhicule d'exploitation minière sont une ou plusieurs de ce qui suit :
    - des données de mesure obtenues à partir d'un ou de plusieurs capteurs du véhicule d'exploitation minière ;
    - des données de mesure obtenues à partir d'au moins un autre véhicule d'exploitation minière ;
    - des données utilisateur soumises par un opérateur d'au moins un véhicule d'exploitation minière décrivant des conditions de fonctionnement d'une zone opérationnelle et/ou du véhicule d'exploitation minière.
  8. Véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) agencé pour réaliser un processus de forage automatisé, le véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) comprenant :
    au moins une entrée pour obtenir des données décrivant des conditions de fonctionnement actuelles du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) ;
    un système de commande (114) agencé pour générer des données de référence sur la base de données décrivant des conditions de fonctionnement précédentes du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) dans sensiblement la même zone, le système de commande (114) étant en outre agencé pour
    détecter une région d'intérêt dans les données de référence, dans lequel la région d'intérêt représente toute donnée analysée qui peut indiquer des difficultés dans le processus de forage du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) dans son emplacement actuel ; et
    commander, en réponse à l'approche du processus de forage d'un point correspondant à la région d'intérêt dans les données de référence, le véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) pour fournir à un opérateur une notification que le point approchant correspond à la région d'intérêt et une option pour aider manuellement le processus de forage du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) au niveau dudit point.
  9. Véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) selon la revendication 8, dans lequel le système de commande (114) est en outre agencé pour
    commander, en réponse à l'achèvement d'une opération aidée manuellement réalisée par l'opérateur, le véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) pour poursuivre le processus de forage automatisé.
  10. Véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) selon la revendication 8 ou 9, dans lequel le système de commande (114) est en outre agencé pour
    établir un canal de commande entre une station de commande et le véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) ;
    recevoir des instructions de commande soumises manuellement par le biais dudit canal de commande du poste de commande distant ; et
    déconnecter ledit canal de commande de sorte que le processus de forage automatisé soit poursuivi.
  11. Véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) selon la revendication 8 ou 9, dans lequel le système de commande (114) est en outre agencé pour
    déterminer une ou plusieurs fonctionnalités pour aider le processus de forage du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) au niveau dudit point ;
    fournir à un opérateur distant ladite une ou lesdites plusieurs fonctionnalités comme options à sélectionner ;
    en réponse à la sélection par l'opérateur distant d'une desdites fonctionnalités, réaliser des opérations de commande selon la fonctionnalité sélectionnée ; et
    poursuivre le processus de forage automatisé.
  12. Véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) selon la revendication 11, dans lequel
    les opérations de commande selon la fonctionnalité sélectionnée comprennent au moins un de ce qui suit :
    - l'arrêt automatique de l'aspiration de débris de forage en réponse à l'indication par les données de référence que le processus de forage du trou étant foré approche d'un point comprenant de l'eau ;
    - le déplacement automatique d'une tête d'aspiration vers le haut ou le bas selon les conditions de roche attendues et/ou les points attendus comprenant de l'eau ;
    - la réduction de la puissance d'alimentation de forage en réponse à l'indication par les données de référence que le processus de forage du trou étant foré approche d'un vide;
    - l'ajustement de la puissance d'alimentation de forage et/ou de la percussion pour leur adaptation au type attendu de matériau de roche ;
    - le changement du mode de commande de forage et/ou des paramètres de commande de forage selon les conditions de roche attendues.
  13. Véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 12, dans lequel
    ladite opération aidée manuellement concerne seulement un sous-processus du processus de forage automatisé, et le système de commande (114) est en outre agencé pour
    poursuivre d'autres sous-processus du processus de forage automatisé du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) alors que l'opérateur réalise ladite opération aidée manuellement.
  14. Véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 13, dans lequel les données décrivant les conditions de fonctionnement du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) sont une ou plusieurs de ce qui suit :
    - des données de mesure obtenues à partir d'un ou de plusieurs capteurs du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) ;
    - des données de mesure obtenues à partir d'au moins un autre véhicule d'exploitation minière ;
    - des données utilisateur soumises par un opérateur d'au moins un véhicule d'exploitation minière décrivant des conditions de fonctionnement d'une zone opérationnelle et/ou du véhicule d'exploitation minière.
  15. Produit de programme informatique, stocké sur un support de mémoire non transitoire, comprenant un code de programme informatique pour réaliser un processus de commande d'un véhicule d'exploitation minière (100), le code de programme informatique qui, lorsqu'il est exécuté par un processeur, amène le véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) à réaliser :
    l'obtention, à partir d'au moins une entrée, de données décrivant des conditions de fonctionnement actuelles du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) ;
    la génération de données de référence sur la base de données décrivant des conditions de fonctionnement précédentes du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) dans sensiblement la même zone ;
    la détection d'une région d'intérêt dans les données de référence, dans lequel la région d'intérêt présente toute donnée analysée qui peut indiquer des difficultés dans le processus de forage du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) dans son emplacement actuel ; et
    la commande, en réponse à l'approche du processus de forage d'un point correspondant à la région d'intérêt dans les données de référence, du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) pour fournir à un opérateur une notification que le point approchant correspond à la région d'intérêt et une option pour aider manuellement le processus de forage du véhicule d'exploitation minière (100) au niveau dudit point.
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