Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Using an acoustic device to identify external apparatus mounted to a tubular
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Application No.: US17091271Application Date: 2020-11-06
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Publication No.: US11733380B2Publication Date: 2023-08-22
- Inventor: Timothy Luu , Anas Mahmoud
- Applicant: DarkVision Technologies Inc
- Applicant Address: CA North Vancouver
- Assignee: DarkVision Technologies Inc
- Current Assignee: DarkVision Technologies Inc
- Current Assignee Address: CA North Vancouver
- Priority: GB 16315 2019.11.08
- Main IPC: G06T7/73
- IPC: G06T7/73 ; G01S15/88 ; G06F16/587 ; G06F16/215 ; E21B47/002 ; G01S15/89 ; G06N3/04 ; G06N3/08 ; E21B47/007 ; E21B17/08 ; G01M3/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G06F18/214 ; G06V10/82 ; G06V10/44 ; G06V20/10

Abstract:
A method, apparatus and system for locating external apparatus mounted to a tubular in a wellbore. The identification of apparatus, such as cable clamps, enables other tools in the string to operate more precisely. A computer model is used to locate the apparatus from acoustic images, which images are acquired using a downhole device having an acoustic sensor or acoustic array. The model may be a classifier, which may be machine trained to classify whether an apparatus is present, its location and its orientation. Automating this locating enables very long wellbores to be processed quickly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210142515A1 USING AN ACOUSTIC DEVICE TO IDENTIFY EXTERNAL APPARATUS MOUNTED TO A TUBULAR Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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