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Google patents AI model to adjust rock crushers in real time

Google has filed a patent for a system that uses a prediction model to adjust industrial crushing machines. The system measures the size and shape of rocks before and after crushing, then uses that data to fine-tune the machine's settings for better results.

Why it mattersThis could help mining and construction companies save energy by ensuring their crushers operate at optimal efficiency without manual guesswork.

In the filing’s own words

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for in-process adjustment to crushing systems. A method includes obtaining pre-crush particle data indicating characteristics of a portion of particles before crushing the portion of particles with a crushing system; obtaining settings data indicating one or more settings of the crushing system; obtaining post-crush particle data indicating characteristics of the portion of particles after crushing the portion of particles; and training a prediction model using the pre-crush particle data, the settings data, and the post-crush particle data, comprising: processing, using the prediction model, the pre-crush particle data and the settings data to obtain a corresponding output including predicted characteristics of the portion of particles after crushing the portion of particles with the crushing system; and adjusting parameters of the prediction model based on comparing the output of the prediction model to the post-crush particle data.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1.- 20. (canceled)

Facts

Company
Google (X Development LLC)
Official title
IN-PROCESS ADJUSTMENT TO CRUSHING SYSTEMS
Publication number
US20260273542A1
Application number
19671022
Filed
May 7, 2026
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
7
Claims
21

Classified under

B02C 25/00 Operations & transportG05B 13/027 Physics & computingG05B 13/042 Physics & computing
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