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A method for a safety system of a mining vehicle. The method comprises scanning the surroundings of the mining vehicle while the mining vehicle is driven and giving a collision warning if an obstacle is detected in a safety zone of the mining vehicle. In the system, there is stored obstacle informat

A method for a safety system of a mining vehicle. The method comprises scanning the surroundings of the mining vehicle while the mining vehicle is driven and giving a collision warning if an obstacle is detected in a safety zone of the mining vehicle. In the system, there is stored obstacle information comprising at least location information of predetermined obstacles. Location information of the obstacle detected on the basis of the scanning is compared with the location information determined in the obstacle information. Stopping of the mining vehicle, caused by the safety system due to the detected obstacle, is prevented in response to the detected obstacle being determined safe on the basis of checking the obstacle information.

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1. A method for a safety system of a mining vehicle, comprising the steps of: scanning the surroundings of the mining vehicle with at least one scanner while the mining vehicle is being driven;storing obstacle information in a memory of the safety system, the obstacle information including a locatio

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A method for a safety system of a mining vehicle, comprising the steps of: scanning the surroundings of the mining vehicle with at least one scanner while the mining vehicle is being driven;storing obstacle information in a memory of the safety system, the obstacle information including a location of a predetermined obstacle in a path of the mining vehicle;detecting an obstacle in a safety zone of the mining vehicle from data received from the at least one scanner during scanning;detecting location information of the obstacle in the safety zone of the mining vehicle from the data received from the at least one scanner during scanning; andcomparing the detected location information of the obstacle with the location information determined from the obstacle information by data processing means of the safety system, wherein stopping of the mining vehicle due to the detected obstacle is prevented in response to the detected obstacle being determined by the obstacle information to be safe for propagation of the mining vehicle. 2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of determining the distance between the mining vehicle and the obstacle detected on the basis of the scanning comparing the distance with a predetermined minimum distance, and determining the location information of the obstacle in response to the distance being smaller than the predetermined minimum distance. 3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data processing means comprises a computer program including computer program code means executed in a computer for comparing the detected location information of the obstacle with the location information determined from the obstacle information. 4. A method for determining control information for a mining vehicle, comprising the steps of: scanning the surroundings of the mining vehicle by at least one scanner of a safety system while the mining vehicle is being driven; anddetecting an obstacle in a safety zone of the mining vehicle from data received from the at least one scanner during scanning, wherein location information of said obstacle is determined by obstacle information stored in a data processing device to be part of a set of obstacles predetermined as safe in response to said obstacle being detected to be safe for propagation of the mining vehicle. 5. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said obstacle is detected as safe on the basis of an input received from the user. 6. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein obstacles may be added and removed by means of a route determination tool. 7. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein a safety check for the obstacle is performed when a determined driving route is tested and in response to stopping of the mining vehicle caused by the safety system. 8. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the location information of obstacles detected as safe is determined as part of a data element defining the entire driving route. 9. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the location information of obstacles detected as safe is determined as part of a driving route segment. 10. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the location information of obstacles detected as safe is determined as part of a driving route in a file separate from a driving route file. 11. An apparatus comprising: at least one data processing device for a safety system of a mining vehicle; andscanning means for detecting an obstacle in a safety zone of the mining vehicle, wherein the data processing device compares location information of the obstacle detected in the safety zone of the mining vehicle by the scanning means with location information of obstacles determined from predetermined obstacle information, to prevent stopping of the mining vehicle due to the detected obstacle in response to the detected obstacle being determined to be safe by the obstacle information for propagation of the mining vehicle. 12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the data processing device determines the distance between the mining vehicle and the obstacle detected by scanning, compares the distance with a predetermined minimum distance, and determines the location information of the obstacle in response to the distance being smaller than the minimum distance. 13. An apparatus comprising: a data processing device for at least one safety system of a mining vehicle; andscanning means for detecting an obstacle in a safety zone of the mining vehicle, wherein the data processing device determines location information of the obstacle detected by the scanning means in the safety zone of said mining vehicle from obstacle information to be part of a set of obstacles determined as safe in response to said obstacle being detected as safe for propagation of the mining vehicle. 14. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein said data processing device determines the obstacle to be safe from an input received from a user. 15. An apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the data processing device provides the user with a route determination tool, by which obstacles may be added and removed. 16. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the data processing device performs a safety check for the obstacle when a determined driving route is tested and in response to stopping of the mining vehicle caused by the safety system. 17. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the data processing device determines the location information of obstacles detected to be safe as part of a data element defining the entire driving route. 18. An apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is a mining vehicle. 19. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the data processing device determines the location information of obstacles detected to be safe as part of a data element defining a driving route segment. 20. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the data processing device determines the location information of obstacles detected to be safe as part of a data element defined in a file separate from a driving route file.