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Mining Publication: Exploration of Two Position Adjustment Methods for Underground Mine Tracking Systems
Keywords: Electronic tracking systems Entries Personnel tracking Underground mining
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Original creation date: January 2009
Authors: J Li, DP Snyder, NW Damiano
Conference Paper - January 2009
Download PDF Document (0.14 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20035142
Proceedings of the ION International Technical Meeting (ITM) 2009, January 26-28, 2009, Anaheim, California. Fairfax, VA: The Institute of Navigation, 2009; :814-821
Currently many underground coal mines worldwide have installed or been planning to install a tracking system to trace miners mainly for their safety. Although many systems have been reported functional, a lack of sophisticated and systematic error correction methods apparently is still an issue for them; often it results in a low system resolution. To improve the system resolutions, this paper introduces two position adjustment methods for mine tracking systems. The first is an entry-matching method that optimally adjusts an off-course tracking device to the closest tunnel (entry). The second is a distance measurement adjustment method that accurately adjusts the position of a tracking device along an entry according to a measured distance from the device to a reference point. The coplanar node-path network mine model is used as the foundation for the development of these two methods.
Image of publication Exploration of Two Position Adjustment Methods for Underground Mine Tracking SystemsConference Paper - January 2009
Download PDF Document (0.14 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20035142
Proceedings of the ION International Technical Meeting (ITM) 2009, January 26-28, 2009, Anaheim, California. Fairfax, VA: The Institute of Navigation, 2009; :814-821
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Page last reviewed: September 21, 2012
Page last updated: September 21, 2012
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