Artificial Intelligence Control of Mining Operations

Abstract

An artificial-intelligence-based platform for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy includes a governance system and a smart contract system. The governance system is configured to record, in a distributed ledger and/or blockchain, a set of mining operation events associated with a mining operation. The mining operation events are detected by one or more of a set of sensors in a mine of the mining operation, a set of wearable devices of a set of miners associated with the mining operation, or a set of sensors deployed on a set of smart containers for mined materials associated with the mining operation. The smart contract system is configured to allocate proceeds of the mining operation events among a set of owners, a set of services providers, and/or a set of governmental entities.

1 . An AI-based platform for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy, comprising:
 a governance system configured to record, in a distributed ledger and/or blockchain, a set of mining operation events associated with a mining operation, the mining operation events being detected by one or more of:
 a set of sensors in a mine of the mining operation, 
 a set of wearable devices of a set of miners associated with the mining operation, or 
 a set of sensors deployed on a set of smart containers for mined materials associated with the mining operation; and 
   a smart contract system configured to allocate proceeds of the mining operation events among a set of owners, a set of services providers, and/or a set of governmental entities.   
     
     
         2 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  wherein the smart contract system is configured to create a smart contract that collects the token information from the blockchain and automatically executes a transaction based on the token information for a time period. 
     
     
         3 . The AI-based platform of  claim 2  wherein the smart contract allocates ownership of a set assets on a set of distributed ledgers and/or blockchains based on the degree of compliance represented by the token for a time period. 
     
     
         4 . The AI-based platform of  claim 2  wherein a set of assets are represented on the distributed ledger and/or blockchain as a set of escrow assets, ownership of which is reallocated on the distributed ledger and/or blockchain based on the operation of the smart contract. 
     
     
         5 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  wherein the governance system is further configured to adapt a transport of data over a network and/or communication system, wherein the adapting is based on one or more of:
 a congestion condition, 
 a delay and/or latency condition, 
 a packet loss condition, 
 an error rate condition, 
 a cost of transport condition, 
 a quality-of-service (QoS) condition, 
 a usage condition, 
 a market factor condition, or 
 a user configuration condition. 
 
     
     
         6 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  further comprising an adaptive energy digital twin that represents one or more of:
 an energy stakeholder entity, 
 an energy distribution resource, 
 a stakeholder information technology, 
 a networking infrastructure entity, 
 an energy-dependent stakeholder production facility, 
 a stakeholder transportation system, 
 a market condition, or 
 an energy usage priority condition. 
 
     
     
         7 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  further comprising an adaptive energy digital twin that is configured to perform one or more of:
 providing a visual and/or analytic indicator of energy consumption by one or more energy consumers, 
 filtering energy data, 
 highlighting energy data, or 
 adjusting energy data. 
 
     
     
         8 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  further comprising an adaptive energy digital twin that is configured to generate a visual and/or analytic indicator of energy consumption by one or more of:
 one or more machines, 
 one or more factories, or 
 one or more vehicles in a vehicle fleet. 
 
     
     
         9 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  wherein the governance system is further configured to perform one or more of:
 extracting energy-related data, 
 detecting and/or correcting errors in energy-related data, 
 transforming, converting, normalizing, and/or cleansing energy-related data, 
 parsing energy-related data, 
 detecting patterns, content, and/or objects in energy-related data, 
 compressing energy-related data, 
 streaming energy-related data, 
 filtering energy-related data, 
 loading and/or storing energy-related data, 
 routing and/or transporting energy-related data, or 
 maintaining security of energy-related data. 
 
     
     
         10 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  further comprising at least one AI-based model and/or algorithm, wherein the at least one AI-based model and/or algorithm is trained based on a training data set, and the training data set is based on one or more of:
 one or more human tags and/or labels, 
 one or more human interactions with a hardware and/or software system, 
 one or more outcomes, 
 one or more AI-generated training data samples, 
 a supervised learning training process, 
 a semi-supervised learning training process, or 
 a deep learning training process. 
 
     
     
         11 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  wherein the governance system is further configured to orchestrate delivery of energy to one or more points of consumption, and the delivery of the energy includes one or more of:
 one or more fixed transmission lines, 
 one or more instances of wireless energy transmission, 
 one or more deliveries of fuel, or 
 one or more deliveries of stored energy. 
 
     
     
         12 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  wherein the smart contract system is further configured to record, in the distributed ledger and/or blockchain, one or more energy-related events, the one or more energy-related events including one or more of:
 an energy purchase and/or sale event, 
 a service charge associated with an energy purchase and/or sale event, 
 an energy consumption event, 
 an energy generation event, 
 an energy distribution event, 
 an energy storage event, 
 a carbon emission production event, 
 a carbon emission abatement event, 
 a renewable energy credit event, 
 a pollution production event, or 
 a pollution abatement event. 
 
     
     
         13 . The AI-based platform of  claim 1  wherein the mine is deployed in an off-grid environment, and the off-grid environment includes one or more of:
 an off-grid energy generation system, 
 an off-grid energy storage system, or 
 an off-grid energy mobilization system.