ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,313, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Orica International Pte Ltd. (Singapore).
"Fragmentation georeferencing" was invented by Benny Chen (Melbourne, Australia), Michael Ody (Melbourne, Australia) and Meyrick Kirby (Melbourne, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining locations of blast fragments may include: a three-dimensional (3D) imaging system mounted on an excavation device and configured for viewing a portion of a pile of blast fragments and configured for capturing at least one image of the viewed portion of the pile of blast fragments; a positioning system configured for providing a location and hea...