Patent ID: 11867493
Assignee: VOYAGER INNOVATIONS PTY LTD
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 13:
14. A method for controlling detonation of one or more explosive charges, the method comprising:
wirelessly associating one or more trigger devices with a dongle, wherein each trigger device is connected to a detonator connected to an explosive charge, wherein the dongle is associated with each trigger device through communication by contact or close proximity via communication terminals of each of the dongle and the trigger device, wherein in response to the communication terminals of the dongle communicating with the communication terminals of the trigger device, the dongle is programmed to transmit a unique dongle identifier to the trigger device, and the trigger device is programmed to transmit a unique trigger device identifier to the dongle, wherein each trigger device is thereby synchronized to the dongle and is adapted to only accept commands from the dongle;
connecting the dongle to a computer system having a control application installed thereon;
wirelessly transmitting a first command generated by the control application from the dongle to at least one of the one or more trigger devices to arm the at least one of the one or more trigger devices;
charging an electric energy storage unit of the at least one of the one or more trigger devices in response to receiving the first command to arm the at least one of the one or more trigger devices, wherein each electric energy storage unit is connected to a corresponding detonator;
wirelessly transmitting a second command generated by the control application from the dongle to the at least one of the one or more trigger devices to detonate the explosive charge; and
discharging each electric energy storage unit to ignite the corresponding detonator in response to receiving the second command to detonate a corresponding explosive charge.