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

Claim 0:
1. A wireless detonation system comprising:
a dongle for removable connection with a computer system and for wirelessly communicating with and controlling one or more trigger devices, the dongle comprising:
a dongle processor programmed to communicate with the computer system via a communication interface to operate a radio transceiver to wirelessly communicate with one or more trigger devices;
a radio transceiver coupled to the dongle processor;
a communication interface coupled to the dongle processor; and
one or more communication terminals in communication with the dongle processor, wherein the one or more communication terminals of the dongle comprise one or more close proximity communication terminals and/or one or more contact communication terminals; and
a trigger device for wirelessly communicating with the dongle, the trigger device comprising:
a trigger device processor programmed to communicate with the dongle; a radio transceiver in communication with the trigger device processor;
one or more communication terminals in communication with the trigger device processor, wherein one or more communication terminals of the trigger device comprise one or more contact communication terminals and/or one or more close proximity communication terminals; and
an electric energy storage unit under control of the trigger device processor and adapted to store electrical energy for igniting a detonator,
wherein in response to the one or more communication terminals of the dongle communicating with the one or more 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 the trigger device is thereby synchronized to the dongle and is adapted to only accept commands from the dongle, wherein the dongle processor is further programmed to receive commands from a connected computer system and wirelessly transmit the commands to the trigger device and wherein the trigger device processor is further programmed to, in response to the commands from the dongle, ignite a detonator connected to an explosive charge by charging the electric energy storage unit and subsequently discharging the electric energy storage unit to detonate the explosive charge.