公开(公告)号：US20200158290A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16615381

申请日：2018-05-23

申请人： LUX MODUS LTD.

发明人： Joseph HLADY ,  Matthew GLANZER ,  Lance FUGATE ,  Nehla GHOUAIEL ,  Rachel LEGESSE ,  Siamak AKHLAGHI ESFAHANY

IPC分类号： F17D5/00 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S19/42

摘要： Methods and systems for modelling pipeline construction, include or implement steps of (a) obtaining ranging data of a pipeline construction location including a pipe; (b) processing the ranging data to produce a spatially organized point cloud; and (c) processing the point cloud to identify at least one geometric feature comprising a point or a two-dimensional feature representative of a pipe centreline, and associating the at least one geometric feature with the pipeline construction location. The ranging data may be data obtained from a lidar device. The pipeline construction may be underground construction, where pipe is laid in a ditch. Relevant information, such as depth-of-cover may be calculated from identified geometric features. Relevant information may be determined in real-time or near-real-time and displayed, communicated or recorded as desired.