Blast determination system
The present disclosure provides a system with sensors deployed around a blast site for determining whether each explosive of a blast system has detonated successfully. There is also disclosed a system for determining where the different sensors are to be deployed around the blast site for optimal sensing and data collection using multiple of a sensor or multiple sensors. An aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of determining detonation of explosives of a blast based on a blast plan. The method comprises receiving sensor data from sensors monitoring the blast; pre-processing the received sensor data; and determining outcomes of the blast based on the pre-processed data in correlation with the blast plan.
1 . A method of determining detonation of explosives of a blast based on a blast plan, the method comprising:
receiving sensor data from sensors monitoring the blast;
pre-processing the received sensor data, wherein the pre-processing includes filling in missing data in one sensor data based on other sensor data and an estimate provided by the blast plan; and
determining outcomes of the blast based on the pre-processed data in correlation with the blast plan.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-processing step includes aligning the sensor data of a sensor to another sensor data of another sensor.
3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the aligning step includes selecting one of the sensor data as reference sensor data and aligning other sensor data to the reference sensor data.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-processing further includes converting the received sensor data into a particular format or filtering the received sensor data.
5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises generating a notification based on the determined outcomes of the blast.
6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the notification includes confirmation of timing delays between the explosives, speed of a burning front of the explosives, discrepancies between the blast plan and the actual blast, and/or unsuccessful detonation of the explosives.
7 . A computer program recorded on a computer readable medium, wherein the computer program is executable by a computer system to perform a method of determining detonation of explosives of a blast based on a blast plan, the method comprising:
receiving sensor data from sensors monitoring the blast;
pre-processing the received sensor data, wherein the pre-processing includes filling in missing data in one sensor data based on other sensor data and an estimate provided by the blast plan; and
determining outcomes of the blast based on the pre-processed data in correlation with the blast plan.
8 . The computer program of claim 7 , wherein the pre-processing step includes aligning the sensor data of a sensor to another sensor data of another sensor.
9 . The computer program of claim 8 , wherein the aligning step includes selecting one of the sensor data as reference sensor data and aligning other sensor data to the reference sensor data.
10 . The computer program of claim 7 , wherein the pre-processing further includes converting the received sensor data into a particular format or filtering the received sensor data.
11 . The computer program of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises generating a notification based on the determined outcomes of the blast, wherein the notification includes confirmation of timing delays between the explosives, speed of a burning front of the explosives, discrepancies between the blast plan and the actual blast, and/or unsuccessful detonation of the explosives.
12 . A system of determining detonation of explosives of a blast based on a blast plan, the system comprising:
a computer system;
sensors in communication with the computer system;
wherein the computer system includes a computer program that is executable by the computer system such that, when executed, the computer system performs a method of determining detonation of explosives of a blast based on a blast plan, the method comprising:
receiving sensor data from sensors monitoring the blast;
pre-processing the received sensor data, wherein the pre-processing includes filling in missing data in one sensor data based on other sensor data and an estimate provided by the blast plan; and
determining outcomes of the blast based on the pre-processed data in correlation with the blast plan.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the pre-processing step includes aligning the sensor data of a sensor to another sensor data of another sensor.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the aligning step includes selecting one of the sensor data as reference sensor data and aligning other sensor data to the reference sensor data.
15 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the pre-processing further includes converting the received sensor data into a particular format or filtering the received sensor data.
16 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises generating a notification based on the determined outcomes of the blast.
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the notification includes confirmation of timing delays between the explosives, speed of a burning front of the explosives, discrepancies between the blast plan and the actual blast, and/or unsuccessful detonation of the explosives.