SECURITY ENHANCED BLASTING APPARATUS WITH BIOMETRIC ANALYZER AND METHOD OF BLASTING

摘要

Blasting apparatuses comprise a central command station (9) in signal communications (24a, 24b, 24c) with a series of blasting machines (16a, 16b, 16c). Command station (9) has a biometric analyser unit (10) and a authorizing means (11). The blasting apparatuses have enhanced security features by including biometric analysis of specific biological features (13) of an authorized blast operator to generate a known biometric signature. The biometric signature can be derived from a fingerprint scan; a recognition scan of a hand, a foot, an iris or a retina; a skin spectroscopy analysis; a finger vein pattern analysis; a voice recognition analysis; or a DNA fingerprint analysis. This biometric signature is used to determine whether a test biometric signature of a blast operator is derived from an authorized person. Additional security features of the blasting apparatuses, and corresponding methods of blasting employing the blasting apparatuses, are also disclosed.